A pair of exquisite antique pink opaline vases, hand enamelled by an accomplished artist with a gloriously vivid and colourful design of garden birds and entwining leaves on a background of crossed bamboo canes on all four faces. There is some gilding to the ball-shaped feet, and this continues into the design, with a frame of small golden dots around each side. Unusual in their almost cuboid form, these beautiful decorative vases would look perfect in a bedroom or sunny room, where the sunlight would bring their delicate colour to life.