A pair of famille rose export beaker vasesYongzheng
Each of square section, the convex walls molded with faux-bamboo edges and applied with raised flowers, leaves and twigs forming branches that issue opposing peach and pomegranate reserves: the pomegranate reserves painted with fishermen and a mother with three children in a skiff, reversed by young boys and water buffaloes; the peach reserves displaying figures in and around a garden pavilion reversed by fishermen and farmers; the figure scenes intricately painted, the applied and molded decoration picked out in richly hued overglaze enamels.
20in (51cm) high (2).注脚The pair of beaker vases originally could have been part of a five-piece garniture set. A pair of lidded baluster jars of the same decoration and figure scenes was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2008, lot 281 (21 1/4in (54cm) high).