A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL 'BUTCHER'S COMPANY' PART SERVICE Qianlong
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL 'BUTCHER'S COMPANY' PART SERVICE
Qianlong
Comprising: a teapot and cover; a jug and cover; four handled cups; two saucer dishes and a bowl, all decorated with an armorial depicting two crossed slaughter axes, the head of three bulls with a boar's head overhead and flanked by a pair of winged bulls and bearing the motto OMNIA SUBIECISTI SUB PEDIBUS, OVES ET BOVES.
The teapot 14cm (5 1/2in) high (13).
清乾隆 紋章圖餐具
For a single cup and saucer from the service see Thomas V Litzenburg, Jr., 2003, Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University, cat no 105.
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A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL 'BUTCHER'S COMPANY' PART SERVICE
Qianlong
Comprising: a teapot and cover; a jug and cover; four handled cups; two saucer dishes and a bowl, all decorated with an armorial depicting two crossed slaughter axes, the head of three bulls with a boar's head overhead and flanked by a pair of winged bulls and bearing the motto OMNIA SUBIECISTI SUB PEDIBUS, OVES ET BOVES.
The teapot 14cm (5 1/2in) high (13).
清乾隆 紋章圖餐具
For a single cup and saucer from the service see Thomas V Litzenburg, Jr., 2003, Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University, cat no 105.
