A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL VASE AND COVER

CIRCA 1750

Details

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL VASE AND COVER
CIRCA 1750
Of baluster form, enamelled with the arms of Tolson above a brightly colored pheasant perched among weathered rocks, magnolia, lilies and large peony blooms, the rims with a gilt spearhead band, the finial as a Buddhistic lion
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

The Clive Rouse Collection, Sotheby's, Sussex, 10 March 1999, lot 65

Literature

D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Somerset, 2003, vol. II, p. 219

Lot Essay

D.S. Howard notes that this "exceptionally large" vase was made for Captain Thomas Tolson. In 1749 Captain Tolson commanded the East Indiaman Somerset at Canton and later, in 1763, acted as managing owner to the Egmont there.

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