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A `FAMILLE-ROSE' AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ARMORIAL PART SERVICE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
painted with the arms of Thwaites, comprising: a rectangular salt; a canted rectangular meat dish, seven dinner and six soup plates
Catalogue Note
See D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol.I, pg.601, R11., where the author suggests the service may have been made for Captain Thwaites.