Live Auction 2868The Decorative Arts Sale
A pair of Chinese blue and white armorial saucer dishes for the Dutch market
Lot 440

A pair of Chinese blue and white armorial saucer dishes for the Dutch market

CIRCA 1735-1740

Closed5 October 2011

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EUR 1,875

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A pair of Chinese blue and white armorial saucer dishes for the Dutch market
Circa 1735-1740
Each decorated to the centre with a coat-of-arms in iron-red, blue, green, black, silver and gold including a shield divided in four parts supported by a gold lion to the left and a gold griffin to the right, surmounted by a black rising swan on scrolling leaves, within a floral and spearhead-pattern border, the rim with four flower-sprays, repaired rim chip
24.7 cm. diam. (2)

Specialist note

The arms are those of the Dutch family De Jonge, who ordered a large dinner service with their coat-of-arms. Several exceptional pieces in this service are known, such as cruets on a stand, candlesticks, oblong salt cellars and monteiths. For a discussion of porcelain with these coat-of-arms see Dr. J. Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch market, Zwolle, 2007, pp. 198-199.