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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED IN THE 1970S AND 1980S
A FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL DOUBLE GOURD 'ABSTINENCE' PLAQUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL DOUBLE GOURD 'ABSTINENCE' PLAQUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The plaque has a stippled yellow ground and is decorated in dark blue enamels with the characters zhai jie surrounded by a fruiting and flowering double gourd vine with bats, the reverse similarly decorated with the characters in Manchu.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The plaque has a stippled yellow ground and is decorated in dark blue enamels with the characters zhai jie surrounded by a fruiting and flowering double gourd vine with bats, the reverse similarly decorated with the characters in Manchu.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long