A very large Chinese dish with the coat-of-arms of Count Gustav Tessin, Swedish Ambassador to Paris, Prime Minister of Sweden.
Decorated to the centre with the coat-of-arms of Count Gustav Tessin, Ambassador to Paris, Prime Minister of Sweden, connoisseur of the arts.
A very large Chinese en grisaille armorial platter for the English market (Birkbeck). Qianlong period
Of octagonal form and decorated en grisaille and gilt with a central coat of arms, the dexter of Birkbeck, Argent a fess cherry or and azure between three lions heads gules (with an unusual crest), on a count’s coronet a demi lion rampant holding between the paws a cross pattée. The motto PATIENTIA VINCIT. The […]
A large Chinese famille rose armorial dish for the Belgian market (Jacobus-Gerardus de Knyff). Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose enamels, gilt and silvered, with the arms of Knyff.
A very rare and large Chinese famille rose armorial oblong dish for the Spanish Market (José Raón y Gutiérrez, Governor of the Philippines). Qianlong period
Enamelled in the famille rose palette and gilt with a central coat-of-arms for Raón y Guttiérrez, quarterly: 1. or, a gallows, in chief an arm holding a knife argent;2. azure, a tree with a wolf sable against the trunk; 3. or, four bends or and over-all a knife argent;4. azure, a tower argent between two […]
A very rare Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Pedro Manuel de Arandia, Governor of the Philippines). Qianlong period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with shell-and-scroll border on the rim, spearheads in the well, and in the centre the coat-of-arms of Pedro de Arandia y Santiesteban, tierced per pale. 1. Per fess: a. sable, a lion or within a bordure gules with eight saltorels sable, Santiesteban; b. gules, a swan argent between four […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Dutch market with the coat of arms of Jan Albert Sichterman. Yongzheng period
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 en grisaille armorial plate for the English market (Birkbeck). Qianlong period
Of octagonal form and decorated en grisaille and gilt with a central coat of arms, the dexter of Birkbeck, Argent a fess cherry or and azure between three lions heads gules (with an unusual crest), on a count’s coronet a demi lion rampant holding between the paws a cross pattée. The motto PATIENTIA VINCIT. The […]
A Chinese “en grisaille” and gilt marriage plate for the Dutch market. Yongzheng period.
Finely and delicately decorated with an allegorical marriage scene in a grand architectural setting, below an arch inscribed SEMPER AMOR PRO TE FIRMISSIMUS ATQUE FIDELIS, the columns on either side surmounted by small coats-of-arms of Nicolas Geelvinck and Johanna Graafland, Neptune and sea-nymphs emerging from reeds to watch the scene in the foreground, the well with […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the continental market. Qianlong period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a moulded foliate-rim and a coat of arms.
A Chinese armorial plate for the continental market. Qianlong period.
Decorated to the center with a coat of arms and vine.