A Chinese armorial oblong, octagonal meat dish

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A Chinese armorial oblong, octagonal meat dish
painted with a crest bearing the motto 'Essayez' flanked by a lion and falcon, decorated to the centre with a pavilion set in a walled garden, figures in boats and crossing a bridge before further retreats, all within a border of flowersprays and geometric pattern cartouches -- 17¼in. (44cms) wide, Qianlong.
See Colour Plate 67.

The Arms are of Dundas.

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