Gold- and polychrome-painted white porcelain vase holding a tall bouquet of silk fabric flowers, including roses, chrysanthemums, and bachelor's buttons or cornflowers, accented with silk leaves and fruits (probably colored-wax covered glass baubles). Covered by a clear colorless glass dome or shade with a gilt band along its bottom edge that fits on a circular wood base with three flattened ball feet. No marks. One of a pair, DL*68.0483-.0484.
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