Property from the Estate of Andrew Hartnagle
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PUNCH BOWL, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1755 | 清乾隆 約1755年 粉彩紋章圖大盌
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
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A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PUNCH BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1755
清乾隆 約1755年 粉彩紋章圖大盌
painted on two sides of the exterior with the arms of Scott and a ship crest, all beneath a rose banderole inscribed with the motto MIHI LUCRA
diameter 13⅞ in.; 35.3 cm
Sotheby's New York, January 27, 1988, lot 435
For the arms see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 362, M1. According to the author, by judging from the ship crest, it would seem that the original owner of this service was in the East India Company.