A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘MILLEFLEUR’ VASES, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC China, 1900-1949. Each with ovoid sides rising from a short foot to a waisted neck with lipped rim, the high shoulder applied with two iron-red and gilt bat-form handles. Finely painted in bright enamels with an ovoid panel enclosing Shoulao carrying his staff and holding a longevity peach to one side and Lin Daiyu carrying a flower basket on the other, all against a rich millefleur design on a gilt ground.

Provenance: From a Swedish private collection.
Condition: The first vase is in excellent condition with only minor wear and firing flaws. The second vase shows a glaze hairline (not going through the body and hardly visible to the naked eye), a minuscule old repair to one bat ear only, and microscopic firing flaws to the enamels – it is overall still in good condition. Both vases are slightly tilted and show only minimal wear to the gilt.

Weight: 941.1 g and 891.9 g
Dimensions: Height 29.2 and 29.1 cm

The countersunk bases each with an apocryphal iron-red six-character seal mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related deer-handled single vase of hu form (47.8 cm high), also with an apocryphal Qianlong mark and panels enclosing figures against a millefleur design, dated to the Republic period, at Bonhams San Francisco in Fine Chinese Works of Art on 24 June 2014, lot 8331, sold for USD 15,000. Compare also a related scroll-handled vase, 35 cm high, also with an apocryphal Qianlong mark and panels enclosing figures against a millefleur design, dated to the late Qing dynasty, at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2010, lot 263, sold for HKD 108,000.

清末民初一對粉彩開光萬花紋賞瓶
中國，1900-1949年。唇沿，直頸，瓶身長且削腹，底足內凹。兩肩除飾有兩個礬紅描金蝙蝠形輔首。彩繪萬花紋精美，橢圓形開光內分別描繪壽老拜壽與林黛玉葬花場景手執花籃，與富麗的萬花紋相映成趣。

來源：瑞典私人收藏。
品相：第一個花瓶狀況極佳，只有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵。 第二個花瓶釉面有纖細裂紋（未穿過身體，肉眼幾乎看不到），僅對一隻蝙蝠輔首曾進行了微小的修復，以及釉面細微燒製瑕疵。總體上仍處於良好狀態。兩個花瓶都略微傾斜，描金處有小磨損。

重量：941.1 克與 891.9 克
尺寸：高 29.2 與 29.1 釐米

底足內有礬紅釉寄託款“大清乾隆年製”。

拍賣結果比較：比較一件民國時期的鹿耳壺，高47.8 厘米，同樣有乾隆寄託款，萬花紋開光人物，，見舊金山邦翰思Fine Chinese Works of Art 2014年6月24日 lot 8331, 售價USD 15,000；比較一件清代的雙耳瓶，高 35 厘米，同樣有乾隆款與萬花紋，見香港邦翰思2010年11月 24日 lot 263, 售價HKD 108,000。