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A CHINESE ARMORIAL OVAL SERVING DISH
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1785
PAINTED IN COLOURED ENAMELS AND GILT WITH A COAT OF ARMS BEARING A CHEVRON AND THREE LIONS, FLANKED BY A SABLE AND LION, SURMOUNTED BY A CORONET AND COLLARED SABLE, BEARING THE MOTTO 'VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES' -- 16IN. (40.6CMS) LONG, (GILT RUBBED TO RIM).
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
THE ARMS ARE OF SMYTHE, VISCOUNT STRANGFORD. SEE 'CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN', D.S HOWARD, PAGE 991.
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1785
PAINTED IN COLOURED ENAMELS AND GILT WITH A COAT OF ARMS BEARING A CHEVRON AND THREE LIONS, FLANKED BY A SABLE AND LION, SURMOUNTED BY A CORONET AND COLLARED SABLE, BEARING THE MOTTO 'VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES' -- 16IN. (40.6CMS) LONG, (GILT RUBBED TO RIM).
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
THE ARMS ARE OF SMYTHE, VISCOUNT STRANGFORD. SEE 'CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN', D.S HOWARD, PAGE 991.
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