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KET DOÀN!
            Hué, Cochinchina, French Indochina [Vietnam]!
            circa 1887-1920!
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            Chinese-style  Western  silver  created  for  the  French  market  but  with  distinctive  non-Chinese  elements  and
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            Siamese influences such as arabesques and manner of depiction of the sun.!
            Vietnam was a vassal state of China until 1858 /9 when it became the French colony of Indochina. Hué was the
            Imperial  Capital  of  the  Nguyễn  Dynasty  and  a  traditional  centre  of  silver  making  where  many  Chinese
            silversmiths were located as well as in Hanoi!
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