CHINA, REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949) - Lot 161

CHINA, REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949) PAIR OF LONG-NECKED QUADRANGULAR BALUSTRA VASES in porcelain and Famille Rose enamels, decorated with foliage scrolls and bats. The top and base of the neck are girdled with Greek friezes and geometric motifs. A garland of ruyi heads on the top of the body. The bases of the vases decorated with stylized lotus petals and geometric friezes. Apocryphal Qianlong mark in zuanshu on the base. H. 29.5 cm Expert | Cabinet Ansas, Papillon d'Alton De Léry Provenance: Château Tillède in Arveyres (Gironde), property once owned by Armand Lotti (1897-1993), pioneering aviator and sponsor of the first French West-East crossing of the North Atlantic in 1929.