Pair of White Opeline Baluster Vases with Floral Band and Gilt

Pair of antique French Louis XVI marble and gilt bronze covered urns, each embellished with foliate garlands and berried finial, applied with rams' masks raised on animal leg suppor...

This pair are charmingly painted in oval reserves with mother and child within a gilt jeweled border, and verso with wild flowers. Each domed cover is painted correspondingly with a ...

A pair of Japanese underglaze blue and white porcelain baluster vases from the late 19th century painted with shaped panels of flowers, insects and birds. Formerly in the Kentshire collection, each piece features a round panel with a fly on a prunus branch, naturalistically painted in cobalt blue on a white ground. Another shaped panel presents two charming birds on a branch painted by a free, fluid hand with shading and brushstrokes. Watery blue peonies, auspicious symbols of springtime and prosperity, emerge from a dense cobalt blue background of tight arabesques motifs arranged in a most delicate composition. The lip of the vase presents a thunder pattern frieze, symbol of life, and a mark on the bottom. This pair of Japanese blue and white porcelain vases...

The hunting scene with Asian characters and hunting dogs are one of the compelling subjects of this vase. The detail includes several dogs of different breeds. The vase is a mid to l...