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painted with the arms of Hodgson flanked by floral sprigs beneath a rouge-de-fer and gilt spearhead border Height 6cm Davidson Collection no: 52 Provenance: Heirloom & Howard, 43381. A copy of the invoice is available Possibly made for Captain Thomas Hodgson of the HEIC who commanded the Earl Cornwallis, visiting Canton on four occasions, the earliest in 1786. He died at sea in 1796. See Chinese Armorial Porcelain, David Sanctuary Howard, 2003, Vol II, p.374, P24