A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE SOUP PLATES

The distinctive rocaillerie border design to the present dishes is so far known on only two other groups: the famous Dutch-market blue and white tea production series and an armorial service historically attributed to the Snoeck family of Amsterdam, although Jochem Kroes has argued that the coat-of-arms on that service belongs instead to Elias Guillot (1695-1743), Governor of Coromandel from 1733-1737, who may have ordered his service after settling in Batavia, Indonesia following his governorship. For a discussion of the border and its design origins in Rouen faience, as well as a discussion of the Snoeck family, see C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York, 1974, pp. 102-103, no. 42. For a discussion of Elias Guillot, see J. Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Zwolle, 2007, p. 324, no. 242.