A LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘BIRD AND POMEGRANATE’ VASES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with a globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck with an everted rim, brightly decorated with birds and insects amongst flowering and fruiting pomegranate trees issuing from rockwork, all reserved on a turquoise diaper ground, the rim encircled by a keyfret band

Acquired by the present owner's family circa 1960.

This large and impressive pair of vases are in very good condition with the exception of very minor rubbing to the gilding and light scratches to the enamels.
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