Live Auction 2855The Decorative Arts Sale
A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the Dutch market
Lot 418

A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the Dutch market

CIRCA 1760

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 937

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A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the Dutch market
Circa 1760
Enamelled and gilt with a large central coat-of-arms and helmet crest for de Heere with feathery mantling supported by a gilt rocaille plinth, gilt line rim, hairline crack
23.2 cm. diam. (2)

Specialist note

The coat-of-arms belongs to the Dutch family De Heere of Middelburg, Goes and Dordrecht. For a discussion of porcelain bearing this coat-of-arms, see Dr. J. Kroes, Chinese armorial porcelain for the Dutch market, Zwolle, 2007, pp. 501 and 502.