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A Chinese armorial baluster mug
painted and gilt with a large crest bearing three lions rampant on an iron red ground, surmounted by an arm holding a laurel wreath and above the motto 'Nec Temere Nec Timide', flanked by grisaille decorated panels of birds amongst flowering branches beneath a spearhead pattern border -- 6.3/8in. (16cms) high, Qianlong, (glaze chips to handle, cracks around top and bottom of handle, minor rim chip).
See Colour Plate 67.
The arms are of Ross of Balnagowan Castle. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 317.
painted and gilt with a large crest bearing three lions rampant on an iron red ground, surmounted by an arm holding a laurel wreath and above the motto 'Nec Temere Nec Timide', flanked by grisaille decorated panels of birds amongst flowering branches beneath a spearhead pattern border -- 6.3/8in. (16cms) high, Qianlong, (glaze chips to handle, cracks around top and bottom of handle, minor rim chip).
See Colour Plate 67.
The arms are of Ross of Balnagowan Castle. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 317.
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