Gallison Hall: The James F. Scott Collection

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Lot 222
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL CHAMFERED RECTANGULAR SALT CELLARS, CIRCA 1750 |

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • length 3 1/8 in.; 7.9 cm
each painted in the well with the arms of Bull and inscribed with the motto PERICULO ET LABORE above

Provenance

The Century House, St. James's, London
Sotheby's New York, January 16, 1997, lot 1457

Catalogue Note

For the arms see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 446, P16.