A SET OF TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT SPANISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATES
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A SET OF TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT SPANISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATES

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775

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A SET OF TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT SPANISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
With the arms of Pignatelli beneath a coronet for Cayetano Pignatelli (1730-95), Marquis of Rubí, who spent years abroad as the Inspector General of New Spain
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
With J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
With Lucy Truman Aldrich, Providence, Rhode Island, 1936.
Gift to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, acquired December 1960.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 225, no. 237.
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