A Rare Chinese Export Armorial Pitcher and Basin, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, Circa 1720
清康熙 約1720年 粉彩紋章圖執壺及大盆
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April 21, 06:04 PM GMT
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A Rare Chinese Export Armorial Pitcher and Basin
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, Circa 1720
清康熙 約1720年 粉彩紋章圖執壺及大盆
each piece decorated with the arms of Verney and inscribed with the motto Vertue Vaunceth
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter of bowl
Collection of George Horace Lorimer
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0157 (acquired from the above on April 5, 1974)
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0157 (acquired from the above on April 5, 1974)
For the arms, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 200, D2.