PAIR CHINESE ROSE MANDARIN PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES,19th century. Each finely painted to depict court scenes within two cartouches, gilt molded qilin on shoulders, unusual bird-form handles, scalloped rim - 16 in. high. Estimate $5,000-6,500
The neck of one bird neck-form handle is restored; the green ground behind the group of figures on the right has bubbles due to the firing; there is gold in the hair but a few faces are slightly rubbed.
