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A SET OF THREE GRADUATED ENGLISH
MARKET ARMORIAL MUGS
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1720
With the arms of Gough impaling Hynde between
two underglaze blue fret-work bands
6º in. (15.8 cm.) high, the largest (3)
$10,000–15,000
Captain Harry Gough (1681-1751) made numerous
voyages to Canton, where he was known as
"Amy Wang" or "the white-haired boy," eventually
becoming a Director and then Chairman of the
Company (1737-47). He married Elizabeth Hynde
in 1719; together they commissioned four Chinese
export dinner services (Howard, op. cit., p. 98).

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A VERY LARGE ENGLISH MARKET
ARMORIAL DISH
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1725
With the arms of Campbell within a border of lotus
blooms, the rim with fowering branches
17 in. (43.2 cm.) diameter
$6,000–9,000
Scottish-born, Colin Campbell worked at the
British East India Company, the South Sea
Company, and the Austrian East India Company.
In the early 1730s he helped form the Swedish
East India Company and for his knowledge of the
China Trade, he was raised to nobility. See M.
Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie,
Surrey, 2008, p. 17.
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