Lot description
AN EXQUISITE AND EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED DECORATED VASES QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each vessel is finely potted with a compressed globular body rising from a low splayed foot to an elegantly flaring mouth, the body and neck are superbly painted on each side in delicate shades of iron-red with pairs of confronted kui phoenix amidst wispy clouds in underglaze blue, all framed between bands of ruyi, the shoulder and splayed foot further decorated with narrow bands of bats amidst clouds 5 1/8 in. (12.7 cm.) high (2)
