A RARE AND SUPERB PAIR OF PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'TWELVE BEAUTIES' VASES SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG | 清道光 宮粉地粉彩十二金釵雙耳瓶一對 《大清道光年製》款

A RARE AND SUPERB PAIR OF PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'TWELVE BEAUTIES' VASES

SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG

清道光 宮粉地粉彩十二金釵雙耳瓶一對 《大清道光年製》款

each well potted with a baluster body surmounted by a waisted neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of blue foliate handles, the body delicately painted with a continuous garden scene of eleven ladies playing music, surrounding a central female dancer, the neck and foot decorated with stylised lotus scrolls and ruyi heads against a pink ground, the base enamelled turquoise save for a white square inscribed in iron red with a six-character reign mark, carved wood stands

27.5 cm, 10⅞ in.