A CHINESE ARMORIAL OVAL DRAINING DISH

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A CHINESE ARMORIAL OVAL DRAINING DISH
PAINTED AND GILT WITH CENTRAL CRESTS BEARING A WOLF EMERGING FROM OAK TREES, FLANKED BY TWO STAG, SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN AND DEXTER ARM HOLDING A SWORD WITH ENTWINED SNAKE, ABOVE THE MOTTO 'FIDUS ET AUDAX', ALL WITHIN BORDERS OF LEAF CARTOUCHES ON GEOMETRIC GROUNDS -- 16IN (40.6CM) WIDE, QIANLONG, (THE DISH WITH RIM SECTION RESTORED, SOME GILT RUBBING).
SEE COLOUR PLATE 85.

THE ARMS OF O'CALLAGHAN. (2)

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