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With lavish gilded decoration and delicately painted landscapes, this pair of vases is among the most ornate known with a history of American ownership.

Credit: Purchase, Thomas Jayne Gift, Peter Terian Gift, and Friends of the American Wing Fund, by exchange,1999 ...
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c. 1815-20
Porcelain
34.0 x 25.4cm
1999.191.2
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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