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Fahua vase from Zhengde or Jiajing - Versailles Castle

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Wonderful Fahua barrel mounted with gold. To be seen in Versailles Castle directly in King Louis XVI's apartment. 36 cm high. China. Ming Dynasty. Purchased in 1782 by the King himself to the French collector Duc d'Aumont.

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