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Vase with Scene from the Dragon Boat Festival

Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Kangxi period (1662–1722), China

Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Benjamin Altman 1913

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Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Kangxi period (1662–1722), China.

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