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Pair Chinese Export Cafe au Lait Ground Vases - Pair of Chinese export cafe au lait ground porcelain vases, ca. first half 18th century. Of flaring form with cloud- and fan-shaped panels enclosing flowering branches in a Chinese Imari palette. Cobalt-blue ruyi-head border along the inside of the rims. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part II, ” 22 January 2003, Lot 35; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) Height: 8 in x diameter: 6 1/2 in. Condition: There are signs of restoration and repair to both vases; one vase with a repaired break measuring approximately one inch in length along the rim, the second vase with a repaired break to the circumference of the neck. There are some small scratches along the lower lobe of each vase. Trace amounts of gilt remain along the floral sprays on brown ground. Light wear to the footrims.