Lot Essay
The arms are those of Richardson of Rotherlite. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 481, P. 19.
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CIRCA 1765
Details
A set of six Chinese famille rose armorial soup-plates for the English market
Circa 1765
Enamelled and gilt at the centre with a coat-of arms in gilt scrollwork intertwined with a floral garland, the rim painted with four iron-red demi-lions rampant holding a banner and emerging from a gilt mural coronet, alternating with flower sprays, all between gilt spearhead borders encircling the upper well and rim, minor restoration and small damages
22.8 cm. diam. (6)
Circa 1765
Enamelled and gilt at the centre with a coat-of arms in gilt scrollwork intertwined with a floral garland, the rim painted with four iron-red demi-lions rampant holding a banner and emerging from a gilt mural coronet, alternating with flower sprays, all between gilt spearhead borders encircling the upper well and rim, minor restoration and small damages
22.8 cm. diam. (6)
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