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A LARGE AND MIRRORED PAIR OF CHINESE GILDED FAMILLE ROSE COMRESSED VASES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with four large roundels painted with phoenix and five-clawed dragon to the centre set amongst flames and clouds, each decorated on a bright yellow background with vibrant enamels to the exterior, the phoenix and dragon together, symbolic for harmony in marriage, the rim with a multi-coloured key-fret border, with gourds and flowers and scrolling vine, with matching wooden stands, the vase 36.5cm, the wooden base 31cm high
Provenance: purchased from Lady Monahan's Collection , McCann's Auctions, Monday 24th May, 1982., the Lady Monahan collection was collected over the period 1955-1974
Sold for $6,000
Lot 95
with four large roundels painted with phoenix and five-clawed dragon to the centre set amongst flames and clouds, each decorated on a bright yellow background with vibrant enamels to the exterior, the phoenix and dragon together, symbolic for harmony in marriage, the rim with a multi-coloured key-fret border, with gourds and flowers and scrolling vine, with matching wooden stands, the vase 36.5cm, the wooden base 31cm high
Provenance: purchased from Lady Monahan's Collection , McCann's Auctions, Monday 24th May, 1982., the Lady Monahan collection was collected over the period 1955-1974
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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