CIRCA 1730

The arms are those of the State of Holland, with the V.O.C. cypher of the Dutch East India Company. The design was probably taken from a silver ducatoon of 1728 with the rim of the plate imitating the ribbed milling of the coin. See D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, , London, 1978, vol. I, p. 194, no. 191 for a similar plate and a discussion on the dating of this service. C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974, p. 104, no. 43; M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London: Barry and Rockliff, 1962, p. 92 and 94; Woodward, Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, front cover, pp. 93-100, pls. 125-127; C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Export Porcelain, Brussels 1989/90, Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 120 and 121, no. 36; G.C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1970, p. 120, pl.XXXVII; M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987, Pl. 271, p. 196; D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain - Chine de Commande. London: Faber & Faber, 1974, p. 224, no. 267 for other pieces from the same service. A plate from this service was sold at Christie's, London, 18 October 1976, lot 179; another plate was sold at Christie's, London, 11 and 12 November 1985, lot 305; and a teabowl and saucer, an octagonal tray and a teapot and cover were sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 3 June 1992, lots 203-205; a teapot stand was sold at Christie's, New York, 29 January 1980, lot 142.