IMPRESSIVE LARGE PAIR OF VINTAGE 20TH-CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES, EACH STANDING APPROXIMATELY 59 CM / 23.2 IN TALL AND DECORATED WITH A RICH POLYCHROME MILLEFLEURS OR “HUNDRED FLOWERS” DESIGN AGAINST A STRIKING YELLOW GROUND. THE DENSE FLORAL DECORATION FEATURES NUMEROUS STYLISED BLOSSOMS, FLOWERS, LEAVES AND FOLIAGE IN SHADES OF PINK, RED, BLUE, PURPLE, GREEN AND WHITE, CREATING THE HIGHLY DECORATIVE ALL-OVER EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH CHINESE MILLEFLEURS PORCELAIN. EACH VASE HAS AN ATTRACTIVE FACETED / HEXAGONAL BALUSTER FORM WITH A FLARED NECK AND SHAPED FOOT, ENHANCED BY LARGE GILT ELEPHANT-HEAD MASK HANDLES WITH SUSPENDED RINGS. THE ELEPHANT HANDLES ARE PARTICULARLY EYE-CATCHING AND GIVE THE PAIR A STRONG CHINESE / ORIENTAL DECORATIVE CHARACTER. THE BASE OF EACH VASE BEARS AN IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER QIANLONG NIAN ZHI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE BORDER. THESE ARE APOCRYPHAL QIANLONG MARKS AND THE VASES ARE OFFERED AS 20TH-CENTURY CHINESE DECORATIVE PORCELAIN, NOT AS QIANLONG-PERIOD 18TH-CENTURY WARES. AT APPROXIMATELY 59 CM / 23.2 IN HIGH EACH, THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AND HIGHLY DECORATIVE MATCHING PAIR WITH EXCELLENT DISPLAY PRESENCE, SUITABLE FOR A LARGE MANTELPIECE, CONSOLE TABLE, SIDEBOARD, HALLWAY, COUNTRY HOUSE, TRADITIONAL INTERIOR, MAXIMALIST INTERIOR OR AS STATEMENT ORIENTAL DECOR. 

CONDITION IS GOOD VINTAGE DECORATIVE CONDITION OVERALL, WITH BOTH VASES PRESENTING VERY WELL WHEN DISPLAYED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLAKING AND LOSS TO THE ENAMEL DECORATION, PARTICULARLY TO PARTS OF THE YELLOW GROUND, WITH THE WHITE GLAZED PORCELAIN VISIBLE BENEATH IN PLACES. THERE ARE ALSO MINOR ENAMEL / GLAZE IMPERFECTIONS, SMALL SURFACE MARKS AND LIGHT AGE-RELATED WEAR, INCLUDING SOME WEAR TO THE GILT DECORATION. THESE CONDITION POINTS HAVE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED IN DETAIL AND SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. A VERY ATTRACTIVE LARGE MATCHING PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES COMBINING MILLEFLEURS FLORAL DECORATION, YELLOW GROUND, POLYCHROME ENAMELS, GILT ELEPHANT MASK HANDLES, LOOSE RING HANDLES, HEXAGONAL BALUSTER FORM AND APOCRYPHAL QIANLONG MARKS. IDEAL FOR COLLECTORS AND DECORATORS LOOKING FOR CHINESE PORCELAIN, ASIAN CERAMICS, ORIENTAL PORCELAIN, CHINESE EXPORT WARE, MILLEFLEURS PORCELAIN, HUNDRED FLOWERS DECORATION, FAMILLE ROSE STYLE PORCELAIN, FAMILLE JAUNE STYLE DECORATION, YELLOW GROUND PORCELAIN, POLYCHROME ENAMEL VASES, ELEPHANT HANDLE VASES, ELEPHANT MASK HANDLES, GILT CHINESE PORCELAIN, QIANLONG MARK PORCELAIN, APOCRYPHAL QIANLONG MARK, LARGE CHINESE VASES, LARGE ORIENTAL VASES, HEXAGONAL VASES, BALUSTER VASES, FLORAL PORCELAIN, VINTAGE CHINESE CERAMICS, CHINOISERIE DECOR, ASIAN INTERIOR DECOR, COUNTRY HOUSE DECOR AND STATEMENT PORCELAIN. 

HEIGHT: APPROX. 59 CM / 23.2 IN EACH. 

SOLD AS A MATCHING PAIR. PLEASE EXAMINE ALL PHOTOGRAPHS CAREFULLY, PARTICULARLY THE CLOSE-UP CONDITION PHOTOGRAPHS, AS THEY FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION.