A famille rose armorial plate, a set of three cups and four saucers and a yixing teapot and cover

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY

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A famille rose armorial plate, a set of three cups and four saucers and a yixing teapot and cover
The porcelain 18th Century
The plate painted to the centre in vivid enamels with a coat-of-arms encircled at the well with a chain band below flower sprays, 23 cm. diam. (cracks and restorations); the cups and saucers decorated with a pheasant seated on rockwork besides peony (minor damages); the globular teapot and cover with plain sides, with four character seal mark, 6.5 cm. high (9)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Dutch (Frisian) families Nauta Beuckens and Swalue. For a further discussion on these arms, see an article by Jochem Kroes in 'Genealogie', March 1997, Chinees porselein met Nederlandse familiewapens.

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