Lot 163
163
A SET OF SIX CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL PLATES each decorated in gilt and iron-red, black and blue enamels on underglaze-blue, the border with a coat-of-arms, crest and feathery mantling beneath scrolling chrysanthemum, peony, hibiscus and lotus at the centre, the remainder of the border similarly decorated (rims chipped), circa 1720

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A SET OF SIX CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL PLATES each decorated in gilt and iron-red, black and blue enamels on underglaze-blue, the border with a coat-of-arms, crest and feathery mantling beneath scrolling chrysanthemum, peony, hibiscus and lotus at the centre, the remainder of the border similarly decorated (rims chipped), circa 1720
22cm. diam. (6)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Charles Boone, who was appointed Governor of Bombay in 1716 and who was Director of the East India Company between 1729 and 1735. cf. D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.179

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