A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE GARNITURE MID-18TH CENTURY

each piece painted with flowers and rockwork, comprising: three baluster vases and covers (one cover replaced) and a pair of beaker vases. 8 pieces.

Earle D. Vandekar, New York (according to paper label).

Beaker vases - one has a tiny chip and a half inch bruise crack to the rim. The other has a 1/2 inch area of restoration to the rim. Covers- one is a Chinese cover which has been later decorated / extensively restored to match the garniture. The other covers both have restored knops, and one has extensive overpainting to the rim, this one may also have been later decorated to match the garniture. Baluster vases - one ha s 1 inch hair crack to the rim, the other two are in good condition,.
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