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Very rare and superb pair of Chinese export porcelain wall vases modelled as standing Chinese ladies riding a dragon, decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, c.1780, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 36cm, 14 in. 7.4038
Literature:
• Oriental Export Market Porcelain and Its Influence on European Wares, by G.A. Godden, London 1979, p. 242 for a similar pair decorated in under-glaze blue;
• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, p. 293, cat. 10 for a similar pair.
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