Lot 36
36
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SHAPED OVAL DISH, the centre of the interior enamelled with a shield-shaped coat-of-arms within floral and feathery mantling below the motto Armas De Asteguieta and a crest, the border with puce enamel floral swags between narrow bands of green and black leaves (hairline crack from rim), Qianlong

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SHAPED OVAL DISH, the centre of the interior enamelled with a shield-shaped coat-of-arms within floral and feathery mantling below the motto Armas De Asteguieta and a crest, the border with puce enamel floral swags between narrow bands of green and black leaves (hairline crack from rim), Qianlong
42cm. wide

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Asteguieta family from the Basque town of Legorda in the parish of Foronda.
A dinner service with the same coat-of-arms, including three animal tureens, covers and stands, was sold Christie's, 16 March 1981, lot 68-96

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