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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT STYLE LARGE OCTAGONAL JARS AND COVERS
19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAMSON ET CIE
Each panel with a shaped cartouche enclosing alternating figures in a garden scene or flowering plants, all on a densely decorated yellow ground with famille rose blossoms and green enameled vines, the covers of conforming decoration surmounted by gilt decorated Buddhist lion-form finials
28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.) high, overall

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