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A famille rose armorial cylindrical mug
painted and gilt with a crest with three blue bands surmounted by a demi lion rampant, surmounted by an ostrich amongst scrolling foliage above the motto 'Tien Ta Foy' on a ground of floral roundels within underglaze blue borders of floral, foliate and brocade motifs -- 5¼in. (13.2cms) high, Qianlong, (couple of minor rim chips, enamels of motto rubbed).
See Colour Plate 67.
The arms are of Smyth of Hough, Cheshire. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 543.
painted and gilt with a crest with three blue bands surmounted by a demi lion rampant, surmounted by an ostrich amongst scrolling foliage above the motto 'Tien Ta Foy' on a ground of floral roundels within underglaze blue borders of floral, foliate and brocade motifs -- 5¼in. (13.2cms) high, Qianlong, (couple of minor rim chips, enamels of motto rubbed).
See Colour Plate 67.
The arms are of Smyth of Hough, Cheshire. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 543.
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