A DANISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1780
An oval medallion on the rim finely painted with the arms of van Hemert and a medallion in the center with a profile head of Minerva, all within pink and green neoclassical borders
10.3/8in. (26.4cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Made for Peter van Hemert, a Director of the Danish East India Company 1776-83. See Grandjean, Dansk Ostindisk Porcelaen, fig. 79.