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                            CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1875
                            E Pluribus Unum
                            a carved and painted wood plaque
                            oval
                            12Ω x 15Ωin. (31.8 x 39.3cm.)
                            £7,000-10,000                                        US$8,700-12,000
                                                                                   €7,900-11,000

                            PROVENANCE:
                            with Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, 1996.
                            LITERATURE:
                            C.L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, 1991, pp.302, 312, pl.109.
                            There are similar 'Eagle plaques' in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, and see also
                            Sotheby’s, New York, 23 June 1993, lot 376.











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