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AN UNUSUAL CANTON ENAMEL HEXAGONAL LANTERN
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Each side inlaid with a pane of glass bearing traces of painted decoration, the framework painted with blue and pink borders and foliate scroll on a pale yellow ground, with geometric scroll and bamboo leaf flanges projecting from the corners, the canted borders above and below also inset with glass panels, as is the conforming base with shaped apron and the neck below a collar of pink bats, the openwork cover of square form similarly decorated and with flared foliate borders, some losses to enamel, and some small panes of glass missing--22in. (55.8cm.) high
