A PAIR OF GRISAILLE -DECORATED BLACK-GROUND VASES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
A PAIR OF GRISAILLE -DECORATED BLACK-GROUND VASES GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908) Each vase is decorated en grisaille with a central figure of a bearded foreigner on horseback, surrounded by attendants holding branches of white-enameled prunus blossoms, with small details picked out in red enamel, all amidst a landscape and beneath scrolling clouds, above two decorative borders of alternating black and yellow enamels at the foot, and below a border of dragons, with backbones highlighted in yellow enamel on the shoulder below the similarly decorated neck. 15¼ in. (38.6 cm.) high
A PAIR OF GRISAILLE -DECORATED BLACK-GROUND VASES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
A PAIR OF GRISAILLE -DECORATED BLACK-GROUND VASES GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908) Each vase is decorated en grisaille with a central figure of a bearded foreigner on horseback, surrounded by attendants holding branches of white-enameled prunus blossoms, with small details picked out in red enamel, all amidst a landscape and beneath scrolling clouds, above two decorative borders of alternating black and yellow enamels at the foot, and below a border of dragons, with backbones highlighted in yellow enamel on the shoulder below the similarly decorated neck. 15¼ in. (38.6 cm.) high
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