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An export porcelain 'Pompadour' armorial plate, Qing Dynasty, circa 1745.
An export porcelain 'Pompadour' armorial plate, Qing Dynasty, circa 1745.
Decorated with polychrome enamels with a central spray of flowers, the rim decorated with further flowers including large buds and seed pods flanking cartouches enclosing either an eagle crest and stylised crown or a fish, alternately. Diameter 22,7 cm diameter.
Slightly worn
Literature
Litteratur: Howard & Ayers, China for the West, sida 443, Beurderley, Porcelain for the East India Companies, kat. 190. Enligt tradition föreställer vinjetterna på brämet Mme de Pompadour, vars efternamn var Poisson, den krönta örnen Ludvig XV.