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PROPERTY OF A MIDWESTERN FAMILY COLLECTION

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A LARGE PAIR OF COURT LADY CANDLEHOLDERS AN ORNITHOLOGICAL PART DINNER SERVICE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796) LATE 18TH CENTURY

The ladies with sweetly smiling expression and holding iron-red and Delicately enameled with bird vignettes in colored enamels and gilt,
gilt vases to serve as candleholders, wearing identical pleated skirts,
one with pink apron tied over green robe and the other with green each piece with a different bird, the borders with narrow blue and gilt
over pink
laurel garlands, comprising:

A pair of soup tureens and covers, 14Ω in. (36.8 cm.) wide

17æ in. (45.1 cm.) high (2) A sauce tureen, cover and stand, 8Ω in. (21.6 cm.) wide

Two large oval platters, 18Ω in. (47 cm.) wide

$30,000-50,000 Three porcelain baskets in two sizes, 8Ω in. (21.6 cm.) wide

A side plate, 6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diameter

6 saucers, 6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diameter

25 hot water plates, 9æ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter (44)

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Gifted to Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, wife of Dwight Morrow (U.S.
Ambassador to Mexico 1927-30 and Senator from New Jersey
1930-31) and mother of Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
By descent in the family to the present owner.