A LARGE PAIR OF ARMORIAL BASINS

YONGZHENG PERIOD

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A LARGE PAIR OF ARMORIAL BASINS
YONGZHENG PERIOD
In the center of each a large coat-of-arms of Best impaling King within elaborate mantling, the well with grisaille cell diaper edged in gilt and on the rim three richly enamelled sprays of blossoming vine
15 7/8 in. (40.4 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

The collection of W. Quennell, Esq., Brandon House, Hampstead, sold Sotheby's London 22 June 1933
By descent to the seller

Lot Essay

From a service made for Commodore Thomas Best of the British East India Company who married a Miss King of Wivenhoe, Essex, according to D.S. Howard, op. cit., vol. I, who notes this pair of basins from the Quennell sale, where they made 60 GBP, as well as pieces in the Bullivant, Tudor-Craig and Crisp collections.

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