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oldbookillustrations: From a blue and white China bottle. This composition is a fine example of conventional representation of natural flowers; but for the peculiar character of the termination of some of the leaves, it would pass for Indian or Persian. From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867. (Source archive.org.)

oldbookillustrations:

From a blue and white China bottle. This composition is a fine example of conventional representation of natural flowers; but for the peculiar character of the termination of some of the leaves, it would pass for Indian or Persian.

From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.

(Source archive.org.)

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    I LOVE THIS PATTERN!!
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