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Lot 4026

A Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Lantern

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th or early 20th century, a faceted baluster form with flared neck and foot, finely decorated in famille verte enamels and gilt with alternating pierced honeycomb panels and medallions enclosing figural court scenes, reserved against dense floral grounds, the neck and foot with geometric key-fret borders in green and black enamels, open at the top and bottom.

15 1/4 in., 11 in. diameter

Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia

Good estate condition; some small nicks of loss to enamel on a few feet.