A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1716

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A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1716
With the arms of Horsemonden in the center in iron-red, gilt, green and underglaze blue, repeated four times around the rim between ruyi-head panels of landscape vignettes, all on a field of scrolling peony vine
8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Probably made for Daniel Horsemonden, born in 1691 and died in Flatbush, New York in 1778, one of a number of Horsemondens who emigrated to America, including Colonel Warsham Horsemonden, an associate of George Washington's grandfather, John Washington. See D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 176

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