**Subsidised shipping.  Stunning pair of rare form wooden cylindrical black lacquer pedestals or columns.
They are hand carved/incised and painted with a colourful wrap-around scene with birds including bluebirds, moths and butterflies amongst blossoming cherry trees with pink flowers, white and pink lilies, wild grasses and bamboo leaves that drape downwards from the top rim.  Each display stand is topped with a large peony flower.
They are an original matching pair, designed together as a set, the detail is in the lacquer work that shows the hand carved /incised quality of each the pillars.  "Kuan Cai" literally means "incised colors" technique.  
One has a remaining label along the bottom edge indicating they were made in the "Peoples Republic of China".  Possibly from: Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory in China.
Vintage. Early Peoples Republic Era. 1960s.
Condition is very good with some typical very minor (and expected) wear and age effects to finish.
Super decorator pieces and used for the display of vases, marble busts, statues, ferns, plants or whatever you require.  A eye catching pair that can also be displayed on their own merits.
Listed by East2West Furniture.
36" tall x 12" diameter (at top) and 14 1/4" diameter (at base).
16 pounds each. 32 pounds total.