A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1760

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1760
Of octagonal form, the center with the colorful arms of Cotton quarterly of nine against rose and gilt scrollwork and between colorful parrots perched on brackets, grisaille and gilt borders
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

This service was created for a relative of Sir Robert Cotton, a learned man who created an impressive library of rare manuscripts that is now in the British Museum. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 262.

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