Pair of Chinese tangerine, white, and parcel gilt bottle vases, having trumpet necks with turquoise interiors and gilt rims, the exteriors decorated with bats and lotus scroll above plantain bands, the bulbous bodies decorated with lotus flower reserves on grounds decorated with auspicious symbols including butterflies, bats, double fish, cloud forms and Xi or happiness character rondels, each tapering to a recessed circular foot with a leiwen band and a blue underglaze six character Qianlong seal mark, 10"h x 5.5"w.
Provenance: From the Private Collection of a distinguished Southern gentleman.