A PAIR OF INLAID ZITAN WALL VASES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY each of flattened baluster form with canted short sides supported on an integral wood stand, the short sides inlaid with jade and hardstone cut to form angular scrolls, the main side of one vase inlaid with jadeite and pink hardstone to form the decoration of a begonia, the other inlaid with jade forming an imperial poem in praise of the begonia, the decoration all set between bands of silver-wire inlay, the flattened back mounted with gilt-metal hardware (2) Heights 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm
A PAIR OF INLAID ZITAN WALL VASES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY each of flattened baluster form with canted short sides supported on an integral wood stand, the short sides inlaid with jade and hardstone cut to form angular scrolls, the main side of one vase inlaid with jadeite and pink hardstone to form the decoration of a begonia, the other inlaid with jade forming an imperial poem in praise of the begonia, the decoration all set between bands of silver-wire inlay, the flattened back mounted with gilt-metal hardware (2) Heights 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm
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