A MATCHED PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN HEXAGONAL HAT STANDS, each with sides enclosing quatrefoil windows and one Republic Period (1912-1949) stand, nicely enameled with paired smiling Immortals holding their respective attributes mystically floating across water atop a lily pad or curling clouds towards land, where others proceed to celebrate the Emperor's birthday, seen holding his ruyi scepter and greeting their arrival from a terrace with other Immortals, above a walled staircase with arriving celebrant clutching a lotus gift, set beneath a celestial mountain and skies filled with ethereal stylized clouds, height: 11 1/2", diameter: 4 7/8"; together with another later hat stand having sides centering an Emperor and Empress seated on a balcony, above a walled moat dotted with blossoming lotus being harvested by attendant maidens from skiffs, opposite a sacred tree filled with paired auspicious birds and floral blooms, within diapered banded top and base rims, height: 11 1/4", diameter: 5 1/4".

Good condition with normal light surface buildup, some small spots of flaked enamel, a feint star hairline, and normal gilding wear throughout. The modern hat stand has flaking enamel throughout and areas of normal surface buildup. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."