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Postmedia News: Long-lost twin emerges for National Gallery’s treasured ‘Ptarmigan Vase’

Jan 03, 2012

It was hailed a year ago by Heritage Minister James Moore as a “unique” work of art with deep connections to Canadian history. The historical link remains, but it turns out the so-called “Ptarmigan Vase” — an elaborate vessel of silver, gold and copper that was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada for a whopping $650,000 at an auction last January in New York — isn’t a one-of-a-kind treasure after all.

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