PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE DOUBLE-GOURD VASES

PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE DOUBLE-GOURD VASES, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY, the baluster sides with all over decoration of leafy double-gourds enclosing swastikas (wan) emblems in green, turquoise, yellow and blue, black and yellow enamels, reserved against an aubergine ground, 103cm high NOTE: For a similar pair see Sotheby's sale, Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, 17-19th May, 2005, Volume Two, lot 773; see also, Sotheby's, New York, 17th April, 1985, lot 299. PROVENANCE: Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerard Godfrey Ltd, Hong Kong, and bearing trade labels.