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 […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Gordon). Qianlong
An elegantly decorated Chinese export octagonal famille rose plate bearing the arms of Gordon for the English market with a Chinese-inspired central scene and border panels depicting rural landscapes in polychrome enamels.
A pair of Dutch decorated armorial plates (De Walé with Ankeveen in pretence). Yongzheng period
Decorated in the arms of De Wale with Ankeveen in presence within yellow and red scrolling foliage, beneath a crown, all suspended by a tasseled rope held by two blue herons, all above rope-tied red and green flowering branches and scattered insects.
A large and rare Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Navia-Osorio for the Palace of Anleo). Qianlong
The plate decorated with flowers and insects, with on the rim the coat of arms of a Spanish family. In the center, a simple bouquet of chrysanthemums and daisies with small flowers and tied at the stems with a very fine ocher ribbon. Around the bouquet are painted several little birds, curiously the same size […]
An unrecorded Chinese armorial cup for the French market (comte de Goyon). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with garlands of flowers and the coat of arms of the Goüyon family (Goyon) in a rocaille style, D’argent au lion de gueules couronné d’or. It is surrounded by two banners, the first of Goüyon, the second of the maison de Rieux, D’azur, à dix besants d’or (ici neuf). The maison […]