A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Chinese celadon porcelain covered vases, the porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the mounts, late Louis XV, circa 1770 - 1775

A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Chinese celadon porcelain covered vases, the porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the mounts, late Louis XV, circa 1770 - 1775 

cylindrical body each decorated with a pattern of flowers and foliage with slight variations between the vases; each vase is topped with a lid in chased and gilded bronze with a pine cone knop above a leaf-pattern dome and gadrooned edges; on either side two leaf-patterned scroll handles joined by berried laurel garlands; the lower mount of the vase with a frise de poste pattern; on a square base (one vase restored)

height 19 1⁄2 in.; width 9 3⁄4 in.; 49 cm.; 25 cm.

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Paire de vases couverts en porcelaine de Chine céladon et bronze doré, la porcelaine d'époque Kangxi (1662-1722), la monture de la fin de l'époque Louis XV, vers 1770-1775

height 19 1⁄2 in.; width 9 3⁄4 in.; 49 cm.; 25 cm.

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