A pair of Chinese famille-rose vases Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period

each baluster body rising from a short foot to rounded shoulder and short neck, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a female Immortal saving a farmer from a ferocious tiger, all between a lotus lappet band at the swelling base and a collar of floral panels reserved on a pink diaper ground, later wood covers

One vase in good condition. The other with a V-shaped area out of the neck which has been broken into several smaller pieces and restuck,with associated small loss. There are also areas of touch up to the green enamel. Both vases with expected wear and small losses to the enamel overall due to age and use.
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