A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE

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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE
QIANLONG, CIRCA 1735

Painted with a central coat-of-arms within feathery mantling below a helmet and bird crest, a bank of iron-red and gilt grapevine at the well and border (grisaille painting rubbed)--11¼in. (28.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Harries

Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 265 for a mug with similar decoration. See also, sale, Christie's New York, January 29, l986, lot 89 for a similar example