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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED COPELAND PORCELAIN MAUVE-GROUND DRAGON-HANDLED VASE
Lot 191

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED COPELAND PORCELAIN MAUVE-GROUND DRAGON-HANDLED VASE

CIRCA 1878

Closed18 October 2012

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED COPELAND PORCELAIN MAUVE-GROUND DRAGON-HANDLED VASE
CIRCA 1878
Oviform, the tall neck enameled with scrolling lotus between 'cracked ice' bands, flanked by dragon handles, a pearl in each of their mouths, the body enameled with waterbirds among bamboo, the conforming socle raised on four scroll feet
28 1/8 in. (71.4 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a drawing of another Copeland vase of this form at the Paris Exposition Universelle, see The Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition, 1878, p. 38.