CHINA - QIANLONG period (1736 - 1795) Famille rose enameled porcelain ginger pot with peony bushes on a capuchin background (chip on the neck, star-shaped crack on the bottom) H. 21.8 cm Wooden base and lid inlaid with sapèque serpentine. A polychrome enameled porcelain ginger jar decorated with lotus flowers, butterflies, peonies and pomegranates on a blue background (chips on the neck, cracks and star cracks). H. 22.5 cm Wooden base and lid inlaid with serpentine dragon. Late 19th century.

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