Vase
ca. 1745 (made)
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Vase of slender beak shape with straight sides splayed at the foot and spreading towards the rim; recessed glazed base. The rims above and below are treated with a brown dressing. Painted on one side with the arms of Nassau, Earls of Rochfort, quarterly, 1. Azure billetty or a lion rampant of the second; 2. Dietz, or a lion rampant gardant gules ducally crowned azure; 3. Vianden, Gules a fess argent; 4. Catznellogen, Gules two lions passant gardant in pale or, overall an escutcheon Gules three zules argent for the lordship of Zuyleston; with the Nassau crest above an earl's coronet, Out of ducal coronet two single attires of a stag gules. The motto is 'Spes durat avorum'. The impaled arms are Vair on a chief gules three lions rampant or, for the Young of Durnford, Wiltshire. On the reverse is a spray of peony with a perching birds.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels with the arms of Nassau quarterly, Earl of Rochfort impaling Young; China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, ca. 1745 |
| Physical description | Vase of slender beak shape with straight sides splayed at the foot and spreading towards the rim; recessed glazed base. The rims above and below are treated with a brown dressing. Painted on one side with the arms of Nassau, Earls of Rochfort, quarterly, 1. Azure billetty or a lion rampant of the second; 2. Dietz, or a lion rampant gardant gules ducally crowned azure; 3. Vianden, Gules a fess argent; 4. Catznellogen, Gules two lions passant gardant in pale or, overall an escutcheon Gules three zules argent for the lordship of Zuyleston; with the Nassau crest above an earl's coronet, Out of ducal coronet two single attires of a stag gules. The motto is 'Spes durat avorum'. The impaled arms are Vair on a chief gules three lions rampant or, for the Young of Durnford, Wiltshire. On the reverse is a spray of peony with a perching birds. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr P. Cooke |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Howard, David Sanctuary. Chinese armorial porcelain. Vol. I, London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1974. ISBN 0571098118 |
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| Accession number | FE.102-1978 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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