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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'SCOTTISH MARKET' ARMORIAL CHARGERS
Lot 563 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MARVIN DAVIDSON

A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'SCOTTISH MARKET' ARMORIAL CHARGERS

YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1730

Closed19 January 2024

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'SCOTTISH MARKET' ARMORIAL CHARGERS
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1730
Each enameled with the arms of Grant flanked by two wild-man supporters, the mottoes CRAIG ELACHIE and STAND FAST above and below, within a cell-pattern band and trailing pink peony, chrysanthemum and lotus, the borders each painted with a second instance of the 'burning hill' crest and sprays of peony, chrysanthemum and lotus
12 3⁄8 in. (31.4 cm.) diameter

With S. Marchant & Son, London.

Specialist note

The mottoes Stand fast and Craig Elachie as well as the burning hill crest all refer "to the great hummock of rock overlooking the Spey at Aviemore, to which the clan rushed when beacon fires were lit". See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 242, no. E5. A single charger from this service, in the collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff, was sold by Christie's, New York, 23 January 2008, lot 319.