YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735

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A PAIR OF CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735
Each enamelled at the centre with the arms of Lee of Coton quartering Astley above the motto VIRTUS VERA EST NOBILITAS, the border with four panels finely decorated en grisaille depicting river scenes in London and Canton, each repeated once
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

For the arms, see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, London, 2003, p. 329, where the author explains that the scenes at the border clearly depict St. Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge, and the view of Canton is just downstream from the Hongs. See the similar plate in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by J. G. Phillips, China-Trade Porcelain, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 13, fig. 7.

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