FOUR CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN WARES FOR THE INDIAN MARKET
Lot 270

FOUR CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN WARES FOR THE INDIAN MARKET

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Closed22 September 2016

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FOUR CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN WARES FOR THE INDIAN MARKET
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising an armorial plate after Worcester porcelain, a pair of famille rose and bianco-sopra-bianco plates and a similarly decorated pair of later compotes, with green inventory labels
11 in. (28 cm.) diameter, the largest

Formerly in The Family Residence, the White House, Washington D.C.

Specialist note

Another piece from the service of the first is illustrated by D. Nadler, China to Order, p. 145, who explains that the Arabic inscription refers to a prince, probably Bahadur II, the last Mughal Emperor of India.