CIRCA 1750

Details

A pair of famille rose armorial soup-plates
Circa 1750
Each finely enamelled at the centre with a large accollée coat-of-arms, supported by a grisaille bear and a gilt lion, a crown and ermine mantling, the foliate rim with a shaped gilt band with a trefoil at each of the compass points
23 cm. diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

The arms have been thought to be those of Leopold II, Duke of Anhalt, but more recently the arms have been identified as those of Christian Auguste (1690-1747) and his wife, Johanna Elizabeth (1712-60), daughter of Duke Christian Auguste of Holstein-Gottorp. Pieces from this rare service are illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, fig.80, p.110; and by J. G. Phillips, China Trade Porcelain, 1960, pls. 27 and 28; and by 'The Chinese Porcelain Company', Important Chinese Export Porcelain from Kangxi to Jiaqing, New York, 1999, p 54 and 55.

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