Live Auction 6468Christie's Interiors
A CHINESE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH
Lot 643

A CHINESE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760

Closed18 July 2012

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A CHINESE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
The dish enamelled and gilt with the coat-of-arms of MacDuff quartering Duff, Earl of Fife, within a spearhead band and floral clusters at the border
16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) wide

The dish was gifted to the great-grandfather of the present owner, who was in service to the Earl of Fife.

Specialist note

For the arms see D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol.I, p. 454