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Lot 3
Two Large Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, tallest vase with scalloped rim, gilded chilong and foo lions along the neck, shaped medallions outlined with light green scrolling of birds and flower and nobility gathered in outdoor courtyards alternate, all set against a gilded ground with light green scrolling vines and butterflies, then other vase is an unusual thick gu shape with the alternating registered containing birds and flowers and distant landscape scenes, quite unusual for the Famille Rose genre of decoration.

Tallest 17 in.

Estate of the Late Dr. Robert Hogan Gaskins Jr., of Greenville and Jacksonville, NC. Dr. Gaskins, a beloved dentist, curated a lifetime's collection of antiques and silver in his custom Williamsburg style home.

One area of break and loss to rim on smaller vase.