CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' VASE LAMP
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 45 to 170
Description
the baluster vase body painted with a wide scene of eight immortals riding beasts in a rocky landscape with clouds, set within two geometric borders with cartouches of garden scenes, the shoulder decorated with stylised leaves, the neck cut down, the base drilled, later mounted as a lamp on a carved wooden stand and a single gilt metal fitting
Dimensions
the vase 37cm high; 49cm [Including fitting]
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie