Lot 696
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A Chinese famille rose armorial oblong octagonal dish
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A Chinese famille rose armorial oblong octagonal dish

QIANLONG, CIRCA 1760

Details
A Chinese famille rose armorial oblong octagonal dish
Qianlong, circa 1760
Enamelled at the centre with the arms of Paton below the motto VIRTUS LAUDANDO CRESCIT, encircled in the well with gilt chain pattern, the border with four puce enamelled floral sprays
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Liutenant John Irving, son of an intimate friend of Sir Walter Scott, who saild with the Franklin expedition in 1845 to find the North-West Passage (according to note on dish)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Lt. John Irving was the son of an intimate friend of Sir Walter Scott, who sailed with the Franklin expedition in 1845 to find the North-West Passage (according to note on dish). For the arms, see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, 2003, p. 389.

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