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          LAI FONG (1890-1910)               A ‘CANTON FAMILLE ROSE’           A RARE AMERICAN MARKET ‘SURRENDER
                                             PLATTER WITH THE FLAGS OF         OF BURGOYNE’ FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL
          The British Barque Daylight
                                             THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA       REPUBLIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1925
          Inscribed ‘Barque Daylight 3599 tons    REPUBLIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1912-1928
                                                                               The exterior with the Founding Fathers
          Nett Register, John McBryde Master,    13¡ in. (34 cm.) wide         and Declaration of Independence signers
          Hong Kong, Xmas 1908’
                                             $4,000-6,000                      gathered at tables, the American eagle with a
          oil on canvas                                                        shield emblazoned on his chest, thirteen blue
          25º x 35 in. (64.2 x 88.9 cm.)     The genesis of this intriguing decoration is   enameled stars, the interior of the bowl with
          $5,000-8,000                       unknown, though an identical example is   a foral garland border and a central medallion
                                             in the collection of the U.S. Department of   11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) diameter
                                             State and illustrated by J. M. Mudge, Chinese
                                                                               $6,000-9,000
                                             Export Porcelain in North America, p. 227.
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