Lot 357 , A Chinese export armorial punch bowl, c.1790, 25cm.
A Chinese export armorial punch bowl, c.1790, painted with a monogrammed shield and the crest of Hesketh, within diaper and lambrequin borders, 25cm.
Estimate £150-250
See Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 2nd edition, p.587 for the coat of arms.
The bowl is restored in a number of areas to the rim with re-painting to the diaper border, the resprayed areas on the white ground show as slightly off white.
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