A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE URNS AND COVERS

CIRCA 1825

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE URNS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1825
Each of shield shape flanked by upright flowering branch handles, enameled with a different continuous view of boys on a terrace, the front and back with a molded portrait medallion of a beauty, the finial as a seated woman taking tea
18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high (4)

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Lot Essay

Urns of this classical form were fashionable from the late 1790s, usually made with "pistol" handles. These florid flower stem handles, which seem to be a slightly later development, are seen in a large pair of urns in the house of Edward Carrington, prominent Rhode Island China trader in the 1800-1840 period. See J.M. Mudge, Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, p. 167.

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