Asian Art - 12th November 2008

Lot 1364

A large Chinese armorial dish

Estimate £350 - £350

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Description

A large Chinese armorial dish, decorated with a lavish bearing for the arms of Douglas, quartering Douglas of Dalkeith and Lochleven, with the motto 'Lock sicker' of the Earls of Morton, within grapevine and bianco sopra bianco borders, c.1738, broken and restored, 38.5cm. Cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, F3, p.267.