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In the Chinese taste, each fan-shaped vase surmounted by five spouts painted with faux cloisonné flowers, painted to one side with either cranes before fences or rabbits among foliage, mountains in the distance, the reverse of each with either a butterfly hovering above precious antiques or a songbird on a branch, respectively, flanked by U-shaped handles enriched with black tracery
1234 in. (32.4 cm.) and 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, including the handles
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For a Minton moon flask attributed to Christopher Dresser with a very similar crane, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object no. 2018.62.3.

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