A PAIR OF CHINESE CORAL, SEED PEARL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-EMBELLISHED DOUBLE GOURD VASES
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each vase enveloped in an intricate network of coral beads decorated with wan and shou characters in seed pearls and further embellished with kingfisher feathers encircling the foot and neck, fitted with floral sprigs with agate petals and hardstone and jadeite leaves, as well as stalks of millet in yellow opaque glass and kingfisher embellishments and a gilt-bronze halberd
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high, wood stands
A PAIR OF CHINESE CORAL, SEED PEARL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-EMBELLISHED DOUBLE GOURD VASES
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each vase enveloped in an intricate network of coral beads decorated with wan and shou characters in seed pearls and further embellished with kingfisher feathers encircling the foot and neck, fitted with floral sprigs with agate petals and hardstone and jadeite leaves, as well as stalks of millet in yellow opaque glass and kingfisher embellishments and a gilt-bronze halberd
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high, wood stands
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