Details
A famille rose armorial tureen base
of oblong, octagonal form with boars' head handles, painted and gilt with crests bearing the motto 'Vis Fortibus Armor' decorated with boars' heads on a ground of scattered flowers -- 7½in. (19cms) wide, Jiaqing, (damages and heavy restoration).
See Colour Plate 29.
The Arms are of Nisbet. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain, D.S Howard, page 752.
of oblong, octagonal form with boars' head handles, painted and gilt with crests bearing the motto 'Vis Fortibus Armor' decorated with boars' heads on a ground of scattered flowers -- 7½in. (19cms) wide, Jiaqing, (damages and heavy restoration).
See Colour Plate 29.
The Arms are of Nisbet. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain, D.S Howard, page 752.