A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER AND TWO BEAKER VASES

MID-18TH CENTURY

Of octagonal section painted with panels of flowers, birds, vases and small landscapes en grisaille, each vase is moulded with bamboo and lotus, the central vase with a complex blue enamel diaper ground, the cover surmounted by an unglazed Buddhist lion dog, 72cm. (4)

Provenance: formerly in the collection of Dodie Rosekrans, sold at Sotheby's New York, 9 December 2011, lot 381.