A Chinese armorial plate for the English market. Qianlong period.
Decorated to the center with the arms of Hudson (Hudson and Hodgson), Per chevron embattled or and azure three martlets counterchanged, with the crest of Hudson, on a tower argent a martlets sable. The impaled coat is Warde, Argent two bars gules between three martlets sable. On the rim are painted of vine, foliages in bianco-sopra-bianco, […]
A Chinese “En grisaille” armorial pattipan for the Dutch market. Qianlong period.
Of scalloped form and decorated “en grisaille” in the Du Paquier style and gilt, with the coat of arms of the Derde (de) family, an enhanced chevron with two hearts above and a flaming heart beneath, the crest a similar heart between a pair of wings.
A rare Chinese armorial plate for the Dutch/Batavian market. Qianlong period.
Enamelled in the center with the arms of Guillot of Amsterdam, the cavetto with a gilt spearhead band, the border with variant colorful rocaille shells.
A Chinese “en grisaille” pair of armorial plates for the Spanish market. Qianlong period.
Painted in the centre with the coat-of-arms of José de Ovando y Solís, 1st Marquis of Ovando (1693-1755), which has a marquis coronet as a crest and surrounded by an elaborate diamond trelliswork and framed by rococo scrolls and the letters OBAN-DO in gold. The en grisaille decoration (Encre-de-Chine) on the rim, with gold highlights, is based […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Dutch market. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in polychrome enamels, on the outer rim of the plate there is a narrow band of flowerheads and leaves enamelled in rouge de fer, blue, yellow, black, and gold. On the rim there are two large lotus sprays together with various Chinese symbolic figures, such as a jar and a small landscape with a […]
A Chinese famille verte armorial provinces dish with the arms of Artois. Kangxi period.
Painted and gilt to the center with the coat-of-arms and inscribed « Artoÿs » on a ground of birds, butterflies and flower-sprays, within a moulded floriform border containing panels of figures in gardens alternating with vases and jardinieres of flowers on a diaper-pattern ground.
A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the French market (Bouczo). Yongzheng period.
Decorated in polychrome enamels, gold and silver, with clusters of peonies on the rim, and central armorial at the center D’azur, à trois besants d’or, rangés en bande entre deux cotises de même.
A large Chinese famille rose armorial dish for the italian market. Yongzheng period.
Painted in the center with the magnificent arms of Visconti and Cusani, both of Milan, within a demi-ruyi-head border around the well and a cell diaper border around the cavetto, the rim with two sprays of fans and peonies and two sprays of iris and fungi, all alternating with four shaded rose hibiscus blossoms within […]
A Chinese armorial famille rose plate for the Dutch market. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette and painted in the center with the arms of de Neufville of Amsterdam within a spearhead-and-dot border around the well and a pink cell diaper border interrupted with flowering branches around the cavetto the rim with the demi eagle crest between famille-rose fruit sprigs alternating with three floral sprays […]
A Chinese export armorial plate for the english market (West of Cliff). Yongzheng period.
Decorated in polychrome enamels and gold, with engrailed dots and floral sprays on the rim, leafy vine of grapes and flowers in the well, armorial at the center. The arms are those of West of Cliff.