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A Chinese porcelain chocolate pot and cover handsomely decorated with a well painted scene of a family in a garden in front of a house with distand mountain views, and with subsiduary panels of birds and landscapes,all on a gilt flower ground. The handle and spout are at right angles and painted in a strong iron red, the lid with further bird panels and with a fruit knop. Ht: 7.8", 20 cm c.1740 Ref: Claire Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain, patterns of exchange, no. 35 for a plate in a similar idiom. |
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