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    Sale 7424

    Oriental Works of Art and Ceramics

    London, South Kensington

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    28 November 1996

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    Lot 568

    A famille rose armorial baluster vase painted and gilt with a central crest with a chevron sable between three pellets each charged with a martlet of the field, a fleu-de-lis between two conies above the motto 'Dei Tutamen tutus' within spearhead and chain borders -- 9½in. (24.2cm) high, (cracked); and another with a crest below a corone among scattered flowersprays and below a band of scrolling foliage -- 9½in. (24.2cm) high, both 18th century.

    Price realised

    GBP 1,725

    Estimate

    GBP 1,600 - GBP 1,800

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    A famille rose armorial baluster vase painted and gilt with a central crest with a chevron sable between three pellets each charged with a martlet of the field, a fleu-de-lis between two conies above the motto 'Dei Tutamen tutus' within spearhead and chain borders -- 9½in. (24.2cm) high, (cracked); and another with a crest below a corone among scattered flowersprays and below a band of scrolling foliage -- 9½in. (24.2cm) high, both 18th century.
    See Colour Plate 31.

    The arms of the first item are of Flyght related to the Hampshire family of Fly. (2)

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