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A RARE INITIALED FOX HUNTING
PUNCH BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1795
With a continuous foxhunting scene showing
the mounted hunters and their pack, each
side with neoclassical shield initialed ‘WE’ in
gilt script, the interior with a similar initialed
shield beneath underglaze blue and gilt border
15√ in. (40.3 cm.) diameter
$20,000-30,000

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AN AMERICAN MARKET ARMORIAL PLATTER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
The central coat-of-arms above the
inscription Elias Morgan and in between
crossed laurel branches tied with a gilt bow
14¿ in. (35.8 cm.) wide
$4,000-6,000
From a service made for Elias Morgan of
Hartford, Connecticut (ancestor of J.P.
Morgan) whose brother, John, had ordered a
nearly identical service (with no inscription)
that returned from China on the Empress of
China, among the very frst special orders for
the new direct American trade with China.

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