A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER WALL VASES QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

each with a flattened back, the ovoid body rising from a short foot to a flared neck, the body deftly carved in varying levels of relief with a rectangular panel enclosing figural scenes, one depicting an attendant hauling a horse towards two conversing scholars amongst a fenced garden, the other with two foreigners hunting in a landscape, all framed by ruyi lappets above and foliate strapwork below, the neck with floral sprays between key-fret bands and the foot encircled by scattered florets, set on the shoulders with a pair of dragon handles in gilt, similarly decorated with three mythical beasts in gilt around the base, the reverse lacquered in black

Galerie Delpace, Brussels, 10th September 1941.

Oude Kunst uit Leuvens Privebezit, Musée Municipal de Louvain, Belgium, 1964, cat. no. P/24.

The pair is in overall good condition with typical nicks to the extremities. The vases are mounted with bronze backs and the edges have been retouched. There are expected age crackles with minor losses to the base of left vase. The gilt-bronze handles and feet have some minor wear and dents.
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