A matched pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese Kangxi porcelain powder blue vases, in Louis XVI style

each with a gilt-bronze gadrooned collar above a tapering baluster body, one decorated with Chinoiserie figures, the other with birds and foliage, on a gilt-bronze gadrooned circular base; each: 37.5cm. high; 1ft. 2¾in; Estimate 6,000—8,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Important Continental Furniture, Ceramics and Clocks. 02 Dec 08. London - www.sotheby's.com - photo courtesy Sothey's