A pair of Chinese sang-de-boeuf vases and covers, 19th century, each of tapering form, applied with a glaze of rich oxblood-red colour thinning to white at the rim, painted in gilt with flowers and birds in shaped panels against a diapered ground, the domed cover similarly decorated, 31.5cm high (4) Provenance: From the Collection of Alfred Augustus Field (1898-1977), who worked in Calcutta as a pharmacist from around 1920 until the early 1950s. During his time in India, his love of ceramics developed and he started collecting various pieces that interested him. His collection later passed to his daughter and thence by descent in the 1980s. 清十九世纪 红釉描金花鸟图盖罐 一对 Condition Report Minor gilt losses and surface scratches. One with small chips to foot rim and rim of cover. One with cover restored, both rim and foot rim chipped.