Lot 151
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT GILT AND IRON RED URNS AND COVERS
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT GILT AND IRON RED URNS AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT GILT AND IRON RED URNS AND COVERS

QIANLONG PERIOD, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT GILT AND IRON RED URNS AND COVERS
QIANLONG PERIOD, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each of baluster outline surmouted by a domed lid with berried finial, the gilt and red swags and floral sprays against an off-white ground above an overlapping lotus border, on a waisted socle, one labelled to underside of lid 'SOIC: 120'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Probably acquired from Mallett by the Hon. Mrs. Marten, O.B.E., D.L., for Crichel, Dorset.

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Lot Essay

Vases such as these were first made in faience in 1773 by the Swedish Marieberg factory, predominantly in orange and blue colours. A faience and Chinese export example now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated in C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain, pattern of exchange New York, 1973, pp. 162-3.
A closely related pair was sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 25 January 2011, lot 294.

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