A pair of coral-ground gilt-decorated vases and covers


Shende Tang Zhi marks, late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period Each enamelled with a bright coral ground and decorated in gilt with six stylised lotus flowers alternating in two rows amid buds and foliate scrolls, the upper blossoms beneath clusters of the Three Auspicious Fruit and suspending tasselled musical stones, all between ruyi and lappet borders, the covers each with bud finial and similarly decorated with lotus scrolls. Each 21.8cm (8 1/2in) high (4).
|清末/民國 珊瑚紅地描金纏枝蓮紋蓋罐 一對礬紅「慎德堂製」楷書款Provenance: an English private collectionSotheby's New York, 17 September 2013, lot 352來源： 英國私人收藏2013年9月17日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品352號