A Chinese armorial (unrecorded) oval tray for the French / Irish market (Sutton de Clonard). Qianlong
The oblong tray, decorated in the famille rose palette with garlands of flowers, bears the arms and crest of Thomas Sutton, of Wexford (Ireland), comte de Clonard, France: Or, a lion rampant double-queued gules standing on a lizard vert, surmounted by a crest — Out of a Ducal Coronet, Or, a demi-lion double-queued vert (double […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Elwick). Yongzheng
Decorated en grisaille and gilt, centered with the arms of Elwick against a backdrop of a very finely painted grisaille landscape, the rim meticulously painted with a fine grisaille and gilded diapered border with reserves of further landscape views, centered at the top with the Elwick crest, the outer edge with a scrolling gilded foliate design.
An unrecorded barber bowl for the duc de Luynes. China, Yongzheng
The oval basin finely enameled in the famille rose palette with four sprays of flowers and a frieze depicting the Order of the Holy Spirit. Four cartouches adorn the cavetto, two of them on opposite sides enclose a double L. The center of each barber basin bears the coat of arms of the Duke de […]
A Chinese Dutch-decorated armorial dish for the Dutch market (Nicolaas Langerak from Delft). Qianlong, 1744
The porcelain, Chinese, decorated in Netherlands, with a border depicting putti supporting a garland of flowers and foliage, with a cartouche containing a monogram surmounted by a crown at the top. In the center, the arms of Nicolas Langerak along with a cartouche that reads “Ns Langerak, 1744.”
A plate for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Yongzheng
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gold with brown, green, purple and blue. On the rim, there is a spiraling scroll border with bamboo, two groups of flowering plants and a gate, two Chinese pavilions or pagodas and above a coat of arms repeated. At the cavetto, there is a honeycomb diaper border with four reserves filled […]
A Chinese armorial blog dish for the French / Italian market (Guérin de Tencin).Qianlong
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gilt, with four sprays of flowers, spearheads, and at the center, the coat-of-arms of the Guérin de Tencin family enclosed within an Italian-style shield, d’or, au laurier de sinople, au chef de gueules, chargé d’une étoile (ici besabt) d’or côtoyée de deux besants de même,(here represented as a besant) . Above the […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Juana Bucareli y Baiza, Grandee of Spain). Qianlong, ca. 1775
The plate is decorated in the famille rose palette with a garland of pink leaves and flowers of different species delicately painted in gold looped between triple rings which are suspended from the rim. To the center, the coat of arms of Juana Antonia Bucareli y Bean 4th Marquise of Vallehermoso, Grandee of Spain, 6th […]
A Chinese armorial dish for the Portuguese market exhibited at the “Musée Oriental”, Paris, 1869 . Qianlong
The oblong dish with a deep cavetto and scalloping rim, painted in the famille rose palette with garlands of flowers on the rim and a coat of arms suspend from a large bow with a long wavy ribbons, from which emerges a garland surrounding the coat of arms in the centre of José Antonio de Mata […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Belgian market (Mozzoni Frosconi – Proli). Qianlong
This plate is decorated in the famille rose enamels with the coat of arms of the Mozzoni and Frosconi families, with coupé au 1 de gueules à trois aigles d’argent couronné d’or, which is Mozzoni Frosconi : au 2 d’or à un chateau à deux tours de gueules coiffé d’un aigle bicéphale de sable couronné […]
A Chinese armorial cup for the French market (Cossé-Brissac / Mancini-Mazarini). Qianlong
The cup decorated in the famille rose palette with a garland of flowers and the coat of the duc de Brissac, De sable à trois fasces d’or denchées par le bas, and Mancini-Mazarini, Ecartelé: aux 1 et 4 d’azur, à la hache d’armes d’argent, au milieu d’un faisceau d’or, lié d’argent, posé en pal, une […]
