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A famille rose octagonal armorial plate
painted and gilt with a central crest bearing three griffin heads surmounted by a further griffin head on a ground of scattered flowers within chain and spearhead borders -- 6½in. (16.5cms) wide, Qianlong, (hairline rim crack, rim nibble); and a further armorial octagonal plate painted in iron red and gilt with a falcon to the centre within foliate borders -- 7¾in. (19.6cms) wide, Jiaqing, (minor hairline rim crack).
See Colour Plate 9.
The arms are of Boume and Butler respectively. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, pages 425 and 779. (2)
painted and gilt with a central crest bearing three griffin heads surmounted by a further griffin head on a ground of scattered flowers within chain and spearhead borders -- 6½in. (16.5cms) wide, Qianlong, (hairline rim crack, rim nibble); and a further armorial octagonal plate painted in iron red and gilt with a falcon to the centre within foliate borders -- 7¾in. (19.6cms) wide, Jiaqing, (minor hairline rim crack).
See Colour Plate 9.
The arms are of Boume and Butler respectively. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, pages 425 and 779. (2)
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