AN ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'MANDARIN-PATTERN' BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS Qianlong period, circa 1780 The tall baluster trumpet-necked vases of flattened rectangular form enameled in the classic 'mandarin palette' on the main faces with large figural landscape panels reserved on an extensive iron red and gilt Y-pattern ground beneath smaller similar panels on the neck, all contained within gilt scroll and dragon-head frames, the sides set with two flattened S-shaped dragon handles, the angular domed covers each enameled en suite and set on top with a gilt seated lion finial facing forward. 18 3/4in (47.5cm) high (2). Footnotes: 乾隆時期 約1780年 粉彩描金《人物故事》帶蓋方瓶一對 Published: Cohen & Cohen, Tyger Tyger!, Antwerp, 2016, pp. 68-69, no. 30 出版： 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Tyger Tyger!》，安特衛普，2016年，頁68-69，圖版編號30 For a very similar pair with scuptural qilong handles rather than the flattened type on our example, see Cohen & Cohen, Baroque & Roll, Antwerp, 2015, p. 78-79, no. 52.