A LARGE VALCKENIER BASIN

CIRCA 1738

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A LARGE VALCKENIER BASIN
Circa 1738
The coat-of-arms boldly painted in the center, on the rim three blossoming boughs in iron-red, grisaille and gilt
16 5/8in. (42.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Various members of the influential Valckenier family were involved with the Dutch East India Co. and ordered Chinese armorial porcelain, led by Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. See C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, p. 303

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