A pair of Chinese armorial 'Valckenier' jugs and one cover

CIRCA 1735

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A pair of Chinese armorial 'Valckenier' jugs and one cover
Circa 1735
Each boldly painted to the front with a large Valckenier coat-of-arms beneath the shaded purplish falcon crest, the sides with iron-red and gilt sprays of prunus, peony and lily, repeated on the cover, one jug broken and restored
22 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

Several members of the influential Valckenier family of Amsterdam were senior in the Dutch East India Company and ordered armorial porcelain, the leading example being Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. See C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, p. 303.

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