Sale 2816
New York
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27 January 2014
Price realised
USD 5,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL DISHES AND COVERS CIRCA 1785 Each of octagonal dish enameled with arms of Fector impaling Lane, the rim with puce scrollwork, with pinecone finial 11 in. (27.9 cm.) wide (4)
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This service was used at a banquet when Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, visited Fector's home on 6 June 1814. See D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 663.
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