AN ARMORIAL CHARGER

CIRCA 1725

Details

AN ARMORIAL CHARGER
CIRCA 1725
Finely painted in colored enamels and gilt in the center with the arms of Haldane between eagle supporters and above the motto SUFFER, all contained within a gilt and black border after a bookplate, the underglaze blue borders finely painted with clusters of flowers guarded by cell diaper patterns, the Haldane crest at the top
14¼ in. (36.1 cm.) diameter

Literature

Fuchs and Howard, Made in China, p. 50, no. 14.

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Lot Essay

For a soup plate from this service, see Christie's, New York, 23 January 2004, lot 170. According to Fuchs and Howard, op. cit., this service is the earliest known example of armorial porcelain based on a bookplate, and the Chinese painter most likely did not realize that the surrounding gilt and black square was not part of the arms.

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