A very rare pair of Imperial carved three-colour lacquer vases
Qianlong Each of quatrefoil section, the lobed body rising from a splayed foot and surmounted by a long flaring neck, each lobe finely carved through the red and green layers against the yellow-ochre ground with a scene of immortals accompanied by young attendants carrying auspicious objects including lingzhi, peaches, corals, ruyi, peonies, vases and gourds, within panels surrounded by peony scrolls, the neck bordered with a band of upright archaic plantain leaves above a floral scroll on the shoulders, all between two huiwen bands encircling the lobed mouth rim and foot rim, the interior and base black lacquered. Each 29cm (11 1/2in) high. (2).