AN IRON-RED AND GILT STRIPED VASE
AN IRON-RED AND GILT STRIPED VASE

FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN IRON-RED AND GILT STRIPED VASE
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body decorated with spiral stripes interrupted by a bulb neck painted with four gilt mon
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

An example in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated by C. Le Corbeiller and A.C. Frelinghuysen in Chinese Export Porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, p. 11, where the authors note that this decoration "imitates the opaque white threads of Venetian latticino glass of the late sixteenth century."

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