Chinese Export armorial soup bowl circa 1740 octagonal famille rose soup plate; fleur-de-lis gilded band centering arms of FITLER with motto "HONOR BASIS VITAE", crest at rim above arms, monogram below at rim, "JF". (Glaze flaws, wear to gilt; multiple chips to underside of rim; two cracks radiating from two corners.) Dia.9in *Provenance: Bearing the Harrod's label. *Illustrated: Howard, David S. CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN, 1974: London, Farber and Farber Ltd. p 426.