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Lot 240
A Pair of Samson Armorial Vases
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
France, second half 19th century, baluster form having a white field painted with meandering blossoms centered with the coat-of-arms "SOLA VIRTUS INVICTA" flanked by a lion and a horse, the motto of the Howard Family, the underside with faux Chinese symbols.

Each 10 3/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Dr. Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann (1912-1991), Esteemed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Good condition; minor gilt wear to the upper rim.