A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SALTS

YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1731

Details

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SALTS
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1731
Of oblong octagonal form with stepped sides, enamelled and gilt with the crest of Peers
3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Herbert G. McKay, no. A42.
With Santos, Lisbon and London.

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Lot Essay

For the arms see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 249. Although these salts only bear the crests of the family, they would have been part of an armorial dinner service. At this early date, it was quite common to omit the arms and simply depict the crest on pieces which had a limited surface on which to place the arms.

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