A NEAR PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PARCEL GILT ENAMELED PORCELAIN GU VASES ON STANDS, QING DYNASTY (1644-1912), one in the Qianlong (1736-1795) famille rose medallion taste, with rose ground enameled profusely with auspicious Buddhist symbols, flowers, leaves, bats, insects, fruit form reserves reveal allegories of love, a scene of domestic life within bat frames, and another of courtly life surrounded by a bamboo and scrolling flower vine reserve, height: 15.375", diameter: 10.50"; the other in the Xianfeng (1851-1861) taste, the whole on a white ground with enameled scrolls, fans, insects, flowers, carrots and peapods, surrounding reserves of a lady in a chair, paired lovers, and genre scenes of dining, education, and cort life, within bamboo motif, gilt repeating meander and scroll form reserves, height: 15.75", diameter: 10.50", raised on wood stands. Condition: A matched pair, repairs throughout both with later inpainting, rubbing, losses, and surface wear throughout, varying slightly is size and shape, but overall in good condition, wear commensurate with age.

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