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A rare pair of Qianlong armorial vases


Estimate

30.000 - 50.000


Session 1

25 February 2015



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Blue underglaze decoration depicting at the base and body stylized friezes
Three cartouches, one bearing St Francis Order coat-of-arms, other bearing a bird and the third plain (possibly for inscription indicating the contents)
Franciscan commission, possibly for the St Francis monastery-Old Goa
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, ca. 1790/95
(both with hairline and one with chips to the base)

Height: 26,5 cm


Category

Porcelain



Closed Auction