A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest, and bearing the motto In Bona Eide (sic) et Veritate, flanked by flower sprays, the border and well with four further flower sprays, all within a iron-red and gilt moulded band at the foliate rim (minor chips), circa 1770
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest, and bearing the motto In Bona Eide (sic) et Veritate, flanked by flower sprays, the border and well with four further flower sprays, all within a iron-red and gilt moulded band at the foliate rim (minor chips), circa 1770
24cm. diam.
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Scott. Cf. D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.406