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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'IMMORTALS' FACETED VASES
19TH CENTURY
Each vase is applied with two iron-red animal-mask and gold ring handles and is decorated on each side with a different scene of immortals: the Three Star Gods on one facet, the Eight Daoist Immortals as well as Liuhai and his three-legged toad on two adjacent facets, and five immortals examining a scroll painted with a taijitu symbol on the fourth side below the goddess Xiwangmu seated on a phoenix on the shoulder, all in a setting of blue-green mountains.
11 ¾ in. (29.2 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
Each vase is applied with two iron-red animal-mask and gold ring handles and is decorated on each side with a different scene of immortals: the Three Star Gods on one facet, the Eight Daoist Immortals as well as Liuhai and his three-legged toad on two adjacent facets, and five immortals examining a scroll painted with a taijitu symbol on the fourth side below the goddess Xiwangmu seated on a phoenix on the shoulder, all in a setting of blue-green mountains.
11 ¾ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Miami, Florida.
Brought to you by
Olivia Hamilton