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Armorial Porcelain Tray with the Crest of Martin, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1770. The rim with notched, canted corners is edged with gilt chain border carrying floral swags painted en grisaille, outside a spearhead border surrounding shallow oblong well, an oval ribboned reserve at center painted with crest of MARTIN of Gibliston, Fife, An adder with young ones bursting through her side proper, below an arched banner inscribed, 'Ingratis si vere nefas' for the family motto 'Ingratis servire nefas' (It is impossible to serve the ungrateful), wd. 10 1/8, dp. 7, ht. 7/8 in. Footnotes: Provenance Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 24 October 1990. Literature Illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain (London: Faber & Faber, 1974), no. S2, p. 617. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Armorial Porcelain Tray with the Crest of Martin, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1770. The rim with notched, canted corners is edged with gilt chain border carrying floral swags painted en grisaille, outside a spearhead border surrounding shallow oblong well, an oval ribboned reserve at center painted with crest of MARTIN of Gibliston, Fife, An adder with young ones bursting through her side proper, below an arched banner inscribed, 'Ingratis si vere nefas' for the family motto 'Ingratis servire nefas' (It is impossible to serve the ungrateful), wd. 10 1/8, dp. 7, ht. 7/8 in. Footnotes: Provenance Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 24 October 1990. Literature Illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain (London: Faber & Faber, 1974), no. S2, p. 617. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Stichworte: Porcelain Tray, Porzellan