YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1734

Dr. Jochem Kroes praises this service as "exceptional" and "exquisite" (Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, pp. 27-28 and 259-260). Pieces were in the collections of Florence Gould (Sotheby's, Monaco, 27 June 1984, lot 1356), Baronne Pangaert d'Opdorp (Sotheby's, London, 27 February 1973, lot 288), and Francois and Nicole Hervouet (Christie's, New York, 21 January 1999, lot 18). More recently, a pair was sold Christie's New York, 22 January 2010, lot 438.