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40 Double Pear-shaped Vase

with strapwork-dragon decor

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, probably last quarter eighteenth century
Cast bronze with cast and cold-worked decoration, applied gold splashes,
with localized applications of grayish-brown coating, and with an incised
intaglio mark in standard-script (kaishu) characters reading Qiarilongnian
zhi on the countersunk base of the larger vase
8.9 centimeter height
Clague Collection Number 201

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