A pair of famille rose export beaker vases


Yongzheng Each of square section, the convex walls molded with faux-bamboo edges and applied with raised flowers, leaves and twigs forming branches that issue opposing peach and pomegranate reserves: the pomegranate reserves painted with fishermen and a mother with three children in a skiff, reversed by young boys and water buffaloes; the peach reserves displaying figures in and around a garden pavilion reversed by fishermen and farmers; the figure scenes intricately painted, the applied and molded decoration picked out in richly hued overglaze enamels.20in (51cm) high
|The pair of beaker vases originally could have been part of a five-piece garniture set. A pair of lidded baluster jars of the same decoration and figure scenes was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2008, lot 281 (21 1/4in (54cm) high).