A PAIR OF ARITA ARMORIAL FOLIATE-RIMMED SHALLOW DISHES each decorated in iron-red, green, brown enamels and gilt on a pinkish ground, with a coat-of-arms surrounded with shell mantling all within a continuous band of peony and chrysanthemum-sprays at the well and border (enamels slightly rubbed), 18th Century | Christie's

Lot 466

466

A PAIR OF ARITA ARMORIAL FOLIATE-RIMMED SHALLOW DISHES each decorated in iron-red, green, brown enamels and gilt on a pinkish ground, with a coat-of-arms surrounded with shell mantling all within a continuous band of peony and chrysanthemum-sprays at the well and border (enamels slightly rubbed), 18th Century

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A PAIR OF ARITA ARMORIAL FOLIATE-RIMMED SHALLOW DISHES each decorated in iron-red, green, brown enamels and gilt on a pinkish ground, with a coat-of-arms surrounded with shell mantling all within a continuous band of peony and chrysanthemum-sprays at the well and border (enamels slightly rubbed), 18th Century
22.3cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Dutch family Van der Mey, from Dordrecht and Gouda

cf. J.B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, p.215

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