A Pair of 19th Century Qing Dynasty Canton Porcelain Vases

A fine pair of mid-19th century polychrome porcelain vases, decorated throughout with figurative scenes, flowers, foliage, birds and insects in the traditional fashion.

Chinese Canton porcelain was manufactured and fired in the kilns of Ching-Te Chen. From there, works were taken to the port at Canton, where finishing touches were applied by local artists and goods were shipped to Europe and America. The large central panel, usually depicting interior or exterior scenes, is one of the trademarks of Canton porcelain as opposed to other Chinese Export porcelain of the same time.