A pair of Chinese Export famille-rose hexagonal baluster vases and covers, circa 1775

each well-painted with panels of oriental figures at various pursuits, reserved within underglaze-blue foliate borders on a gilt filigrée ground, the covers reserved with Meissen-style landscape vignettes and surmounted by seated hound  height 21 in./53.4 cm. Estimate 6,000—8,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Sold, Sotheby's, London, June 26, 1979, lot 198
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, January 24, 1995, lot 1111

Sotheby's. Important Americana. 23 Jan 09. New York. photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com