PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'GU' VASES QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 19TH CENTURY 清 乾隆款 黃地粉彩八吉祥蓮紋花觚（一對） of archaic bronze shape, each finely decorated on the flaring trumpet-shaped neck with four of the bajixiang (Eight Auspicious Symbols) divided by scrolling lotus blooms between ruyi head and upright lappet borders, the central bulbous knop section enamelled with further lotus scrolls, all supported on the domed foot enamelled with the four remaining Buddhist emblems and floral scroll, the interior of the neck and foot enamelled in turquoise, inscribed to the narrow cylindrical neck with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron-red within a rectangular panel (27cm high each) Qty: (2) Note: Compare to similar pair of large yellow-ground famille rose altar vases, Qianlong mark and of the period, offered in Sotheby's London, 9 November 2016, lot 172