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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN SQUARE SECTION FLASKS

BY LINKE, THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNT SIGNED TO THE BASE LINKE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN SQUARE SECTION FLASKS
BY LINKE, THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNT SIGNED TO THE BASE LINKE
Each with berried finial above a rounded shouldered square canister painted with flowering shrubs and peonies with insects, as well as domestic vases and utensils, all within a Greek-key border, on a husk-trailed gadrooned plinth, numbered indisctinctly '3850' to base
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Frangois Linke (d. 1946) was one of the most celebrated ébénistesof his time. Born in Pankraz, Bohemia, Linke moved to Paris in 1875 and six years later established independent ateliers at 170, rue de Faubourg St. Antoine. Linke's international acclaim following the 1900 exhibition afforded him a high degree of financial stability, not only allowing him to establish a large showroom on the fashionable place Vendôme, but also to pursue new and further distant markets by exhibiting at other international shows. These included the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, where he was again awarded a gold medal, Liège in 1905 and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908.

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