A Cantonese pear-shaped vase

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A Cantonese pear-shaped vase
with flaring neck and coiled dragon to the shoulder, painted and gilt with panels of ladies and ignitaries on tteraces and birds and butterflies among fruit and flowersprays on floral and scrolling foliate grounds -- 17in. (45cms) high, 19th century.
See Colour Plate 2.

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