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QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790-93
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL URNS AND COVERS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790-93
Each with the arms of Montgomery and motto GARDE BIEN, within elaborate floral and patterned borders, the covers with three raised borders molded as lotus petal
14 ¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790-93
Each with the arms of Montgomery and motto GARDE BIEN, within elaborate floral and patterned borders, the covers with three raised borders molded as lotus petal
14 ¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, London, June 1954.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 134, no. 143.
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