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enamels. The colors include lavender, pink, white, black,
turquoise, green, and metallic gold. Elsewhere on the
surface are isolated chrysanthemums. Around the necks
and shoulders are diaper bands with cartouches contain-
ing floral sprays. These motifs continue on the lids, and
the knobs are painted as opening lotus flowers with the
seed pods visible at the top. These knobs have small vent-
holes in the sides.
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NOTES
1. An anonymous note (in NGA curatorial files) asserts that the
two trumpet-shaped vases were bought from Duveen in 1915 and
1922, but does not specify which of the two was purchased first.
2. A similar garniture is illustrated in du Boulay 1984,270, fig. i.

REFERENCES
1911 Gorer and Blacker: 2: pi. 201.
1947 Christensen: 34-38.
1955-1958 Koyama et al.: 180, fig. 36.

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