PAIR CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASES,Qianlong iron red seal mark, Qing Dynasty. Floral decoration on turquoise ground. - 9 1/8 in. high. Estimate $1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.