Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1725-1735 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 38.30 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ serving dish with a Scottish coat of arms. This magnificent colourful serving dish bears a coat of arms with a scarlet shield with three gold crowns and on the left-hand side a badge with a lion, supporters in the form of two semi-naked men with clubs wearing leafy crowns and skirts, a helmet above, a crest of a burning hill superscribed ‘CRAIG ELACHIE’, and the motto ‘STAND FAST’ below. The cavetto is decorated with diaper ‘en grisaille’ enclosing twin beribboned emblems, and well-painted flower sprays are surrounding the centre as well as the rim where the crest is repeated.
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![图片[1]-dish BM-1963-0422.16-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00359293_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-dish BM-1963-0422.16-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00169266_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The armorial device in the centre belongs to the Scottish Grant family. The service to which this large dish belonged was commissioned by Sir James Grant (1679-1747; Howard, 1974, p. 242). ‘CRAIG ELACHIE’ is a place in Scotland overlooking the Spey River at Aviemore where the Grant family traditionally assembled in times of crisis and this is symbolized by the family crest (ibid.).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 38.30 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ serving dish with a Scottish coat of arms. This magnificent colourful serving dish bears a coat of arms with a scarlet shield with three gold crowns and on the left-hand side a badge with a lion, supporters in the form of two semi-naked men with clubs wearing leafy crowns and skirts, a helmet above, a crest of a burning hill superscribed ‘CRAIG ELACHIE’, and the motto ‘STAND FAST’ below. The cavetto is decorated with diaper ‘en grisaille’ enclosing twin beribboned emblems, and well-painted flower sprays are surrounding the centre as well as the rim where the crest is repeated.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The armorial device in the centre belongs to the Scottish Grant family. The service to which this large dish belonged was commissioned by Sir James Grant (1679-1747; Howard, 1974, p. 242). ‘CRAIG ELACHIE’ is a place in Scotland overlooking the Spey River at Aviemore where the Grant family traditionally assembled in times of crisis and this is symbolized by the family crest (ibid.).
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