A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PLATES FROM THE PEERS SERVICE

CIRCA 1731

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PLATES FROM THE PEERS SERVICE
CIRCA 1731
Each painted with a preening pheasant perched on rocks, the griffin crest at the rim
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

From a service made for Charles Peers of Chiselhampton Lodge, Oxfordshire. The original bill of lading, dated Canton, 19th November 1731, is today at The British Museum. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 174.

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