Sale 2273
New York
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14 October 2009
Price realised
USD 4,375
Estimate
A VERY LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL CHARGERS CIRCA 1735 The center boldly painted with a large coat-of-arms of Valckenier of Amsterdam with a shaded pink falcon crest, the rim with four sprays of flowering boughs in grisaille, iron-red and gilt 17¼ in. (43.4 cm.) diameter (2)
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The Valckeniers were an important family in the Dutch China trade; Adriaan Valckenier was Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. They ordered this armorial dinner service, another, similar, with grisaille borders and a service in blue and white.
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