A pair of Chinese tulip or bulb vases. 19th Century

The body formed as five conjoined vases around a tall central stem terminating in a lotus bud top, all decorated in coloured enamels with a continuous scene on a pale turquoise ground of two dragons amidst flowering branches beneath a ruyi-head border. 25.5cm high, (some chips and minor cracks). (2). Sold for £348. (Cpyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)