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Asian Art
Public domain

Pair of Vases with Auspicious Imagery

19th century

Porcelain with colored enamels over black glaze

14 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (37.47 × 18.42 cm)
Gift of Winston F. C. Guest, B.A. 1927
1976.118.1.1
Geography: 
Kiangxi province, China
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Edgar Ezekiel Gorer (1872- 1915), London, UK; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1974 - 1960), Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 - 1979); Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, (1906–1982) New York; gift in 1976 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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