Lot Essay
The arms are those of the Irish family Roche or De la Roche, or with a different coloured field of the family Roach; cf. D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.373
QIANLONG
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A famille rose armorial plate
Qianlong
Enamelled predominantly at the centre with iron-red, blue and green enamels with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet and helmet and flanked by a lion and unicorn, incribed VALORE ET VIRTUES, within a spearhead band round the rim, the slightly everted rim with leaf and European scrollwork in gilt
23.3 cm. diam.
Qianlong
Enamelled predominantly at the centre with iron-red, blue and green enamels with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet and helmet and flanked by a lion and unicorn, incribed VALORE ET VIRTUES, within a spearhead band round the rim, the slightly everted rim with leaf and European scrollwork in gilt
23.3 cm. diam.