19th century, a large lovely vase hand painted in famille rose palette with "Double Happiness" characters surrounded by auspicious fruit and flora, a vase that would have been given to a bridge on the occasion of her wedding for a fruitful and long marriage, comes together with a wooden stand.

Vase 17 1/2 in., with stand 19 in.

Private Collection, North Carolina

Good estate condition; some very minor rubbing and loss to enamels; a few nicks to rim.