A Royal Worcester japonaiserie vase and another similar example, 1882

A Royal Worcester japonaiserie vase and another similar example

1882     

Each moulded and pierced to similate a bamboo `tusk` vase, one with a lady turned from her kneeling suitor at her side, below a blossoming prunus, the other with a lady giving succor to a semi-naked beggar, below pine, the simulated bamboo ground decorated with panels of birds and flowers, the second vase incised Hadley, impressed and printed marks to both, shape R/612 to the first

15½ in. hig, 39.5 cm.

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