Lot 304. An impressive and large pair of Chinese famille-rose soldier vases and covers, Qing Dynasty, Late 18th Century.  Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 GBP . Photo: Sotheby's.

each of baluster form, brightly painted in famille-rose enamels with birds amongst flowering peony in a fenced garden, all between ruyi-shaped bands enclosing stylised flowers, the neck with floral scroll bands above a keyfret band, on later giltwood stands. Quantity: 4 - 133.7cm, 52 5/8  in..