A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE AND RUBY JARS AND COVERS

CIRCA 1735

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE AND RUBY JARS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1735
Each finely enameled with baskets of spring flowers between ruby-ground lappets with formalized floral sprigs, the domed covers with Buddhistic lion knops
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

Vincent Fourcade, New York.

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Lot Essay

See E. Gorer & J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, London 1911, pl 203, for a very similar jar. A pair from the collection of Alfred Morrison, Fonthill House, Wiltshire, was sold Christie's, London, 9 November 2004, lot 14; another pair, the property of a Palm Beach private collector, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 29 March 2011, lot 212.

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