QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

The arms are those of Jacques-Gérard de Knyff (1681-1756), of Antwerp and Brussels, created Hereditary Knight of the Holy Roman Empire on 1 September 1719 by Charles VI, Emperor of Austria. See Henry Maertens de Noordhout, Porcelaines chinoises decorées d'Armoiries belges, Andenne, 1997, pp. 100 and 101 for a dish from this service in the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. A pair of plates from this service was sold Christie's London, 26 April 2016, lot 53, and another pair at Christie's New York, 18 January 2017, lot 409.