A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'NINE PEACHES' BOTTLE VASES

A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'NINE PEACHES' BOTTLE VASES, TIANQIUPING

LATE 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous bodies rising to tall slender necks, decorated with vibrant peaches and brightly coloured pink and white blossoms, with delicate blue-green leaves spreading from gnarled branches, each with two iron-red bats in flight and a six character Qianlong mark to the base, 53.6cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection; purchased c.2002, formerly in the collection of Aldourie Castle, Scotland.

Cf. Christie's, New York, 22nd March 2018, lot 618 for a single 19th century famille rose 'nine peaches' bottle vase of similar decoration.