Large and Impressive Pair of French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Chinese Gilt Bronze and Cloisonne Enamel Vases, 19th c., heavy, thick-walled bottle-form bodies, decorated with lotus scrolls and Buddhist emblems, bases drilled, h. 22 3/4 in.; mouths fitted with removable open bronze caps, bases with stands with foundry mark "Lacarriere Freres / Delatour et Cie / Paris", overall h. 25 1/2 in.

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