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| Title | armorial plate bearing the arms of Boyd, Earls of Kilmarnock | |
| Collection | Artworld: Oriental Museum | |
| Artist | Boyd family, Earls Of Kilmarnock | |
| Date | 1775 - 1780 CE | |
| Description | Export ware plate, part of a Scottish armorial service. Heavily potted porcelain plate with a wavy rim and narrow unglazed foot rim. The plate is decorated in deep underglaze blue around the rim with a broad band of floral designs and butterflies enclosed by narrow and broad diaper borders. At the centre of the plate is a coat of arms, with the motto 'Confido', in coloured overglaze enamels. There are traces of gilt around the rim. The plate is covered with a thick, undulating transparent glaze, except for the foot rim. |
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| Description Source | Legeza, I.L. 1972. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham. London: Oxford University Press, p. 80-81 | |
| Cultural Context | Chinese | |
| Id Number Current Accession | 1969.301 | |
| Id Number Former Accession | MacDonald cat. 389 | |
| Inscription | Latin painted on top | |
| Location Creation Site | Zhonghua, Jiangxi, Jingdezhen | |
| Location Current Repository | The Oriental Museum | |
| Subject | receptacle/vessel, plate | |
| Measurements | 245 x 31 x 247 mm | |
| Context | The butterfly represents happiness. The arms of Boyd, Earls of Kilmarnock. |
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| Context Source | OMDB | |
| Rights | Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved | |
| Rights Owner | OM | |
| Style Period | Qing Dynasty, Qianlong | |
| Work Type | plate | |
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