Lot 59
59
A CHINESE ARMORIAL PART-SERVICE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET
PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY
A CHINESE ARMORIAL PART-SERVICE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET

CIRCA 1820

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A CHINESE ARMORIAL PART-SERVICE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET
CIRCA 1820
Decorated after a Worcester porcelain design, the coat-of-arms with an inscription indicating a princely title, comprising a pair of large oval dishes, an oval compartmented dish, and a pair of plates
The largest 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The inscription reads wazir al-mamalik amin al-dawla bahadur (Vizier of the Kingdom, Right (arm) of the State, Bahadur) and this service may well have been made for Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862), the last Mughal Emperor of India (see David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1003, p. 695). A plate from the Mottahedeh Collection, is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. II, p. 475.

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