Live Auction 16026Interiors: Including Ski Posters and a Collection of bronzes by Dylan Lewis
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISH FOR THE BELGIAN MARKET
Lot 16 PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY (LOTS 16 - 23)

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISH FOR THE BELGIAN MARKET

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

Closed28 November 2017

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A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISH FOR THE BELGIAN MARKET
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Finely enamelled and embellished in gilt and silver with the arms of Knyff
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

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.