A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SALTS

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

Details

A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SALTS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Of oblong octagonal form, enamelled in blue and decorated in gilt with the crest of Bannerman and the motto PRO PATRIA within spearheads, the sides with blue enamel floral sprays
3 1/8 in. wide (2)

Provenance

With Guest and Gray, London.

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Lot Essay

This is one of two Chinese services of the same date made for Alexander Bannerman of Aberdeen (1715-1782). While this one bears the Bannerman crest, the other service displays the complete coat-of-arms. Both services were sold in a sale in Scotland in 2003. We are grateful to Angela Howard for her assistance in identifying this crest. Both Bannerman services will be published by Mrs. Howard in Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. III; this one in section H3, the other in G2.

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