A fine pair of turquoise ground 'Famille-Rose' Vases marks and period of Qianlong

the well potted globular bodies finely painted in vivid colours of the famille-rose palette and outlined in gilding with colourful lotus blooms on meandering leafy and budding stems, below further lotus and bats on the tall waisted neck, flanked by a pair of gilt-decorated coral ground loop handles in the form of kui dragons, the flared mouth with a collar of linked ruyi heads against a yellow-ground border, the low splayed foot encircled with a pink keyfret band, the decoration all reserved on a pale green turquoise ground, the rims gilt (pierced hardwood stands)

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15th November 1988, lot 374.