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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ DOUBLE-GOURD VASES QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each vase is elaborately decorated to the bulbous lower section with butterfies of various sizes and colours fying amidst leafy foral sprays including peony, chrysanthemum, morning glory, rose and aster, above a band of pink lotus petals. The shoulder is encircled by a ruyi border and bands of foral sprays, below the upper section which is enamelled with further butterfies and fower heads. The mouth rim is decorated with an iron-red key-fret border, and the pair of handles are adorned with stylised foliate designs. 9 in. (23 cm.) high (2) Estimate on Request }PROVENANCE: Collected in the 1930s in London by an English lady from a noble family and thence by descent