Antique Pair Monumental Chinese Qing Qianlong Period Cloissoné Enamel Vases 1795 Drawings & Prints with a fitted collector's or

with a fitted collector's or doctor's cabinet to the base

the painting circa 1860

Hiolin left his native city Septmont (Aisne) in 1864 and entered the École des Beaux-Arts the following year

5 cm X 18 cm X 14 cm

At the age of 13

Antique Pair Monumental Chinese Qing Qianlong Period Cloissoné Enamel Vases 1795 Drawings & Prints with a fitted collector's orA very fine, elegant and monumental pair of antique Qing Dynasty cloisonne enamel vases from the Qianlong period (17361795). The vases of square bulbous baluster form with long flared necks and raised upon flared bases. The neck and base with lappet borders, the white ground with all over enamel floral decoration of lotus flowers and other symbols of good fortune. To the center of the bulbous bodies are baskets filled with lotus pods and flowers, to