A pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese famille-verte vases, Qing dynasty, 19th Century

each octagonal tapering body rising to an angled shoulder and tall waisted neck with vertical rim, brightly enamelled with rectangular panels enclosing figures, divided at the canted corners by smaller chilong panels and all reserved on a dense foliate scroll and green dot ground, mounted as lamps, shades

Examined with mounts attached: the porcelain is in very good condition with the exception of minor scratches. It should be noted that the vases are not an exact pair with very slight differences to the painting around the base of the neck and the rim. The mounts are in good condition with the exception of some light scratches around the bases.
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