An Intriguing Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases c.1790-1810 sub-Curios the hinged wooden seaside cut

the hinged wooden seaside cut out photo board with swinging supports depicting Popeye the sailor man and his sweetheart Olive Oyl with love hearts to the center and Swee’Pea pointing toward the love struck couple

There are some small losses to the cockbeading though overall the whole remains an attractive piece in its entirety

They are structurally sound and have wear to the paint commensurate with heavy use having been picked up and put back down again many a time in the chemists shop

The condition of the figures is as to be expected from these nomadic pieces that would have travelled through France

1890 – c

An Intriguing Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases c.1790-1810 sub-Curios the hinged wooden seaside cutOrigin: Chinese Period: Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736 1795) Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 1800 Height: 13. 75 Base Diameter: 5. 25 Top Diameter: 5. 25 (all each) The beautiful pair of finely crazed Famille Rose vases having a ocre brown body, extremely well enamelled depicting blue or pink dragons amongst peony and leaves, the shoulders with iron oxide mask and ring handles, the mouth with ruyi, the bases with an incised Chenghua mark, the