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A famille rose armorial dinner plate, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95) around 1745.
Estimate
4 000 - 6 000 SEK
369 - 553 EUR
421 - 632 USD
Hammer price
6 500 SEK
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A famille rose armorial dinner plate, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95) around 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.
Provenance
This service was comissioned for Mme de Pompadour, whos maidens name was Poisson, the eagle under a crown is thought to represent Louis XV.
Exhibitions
To see a plate of this service in a Museum Collection, see Collection Grandidier, Paris. G 473.
Compare a plate from this service sold at Sothebys, lot 454, Important Americana: Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints. 22 January 2021, New York.
Literature
Howard & Ayers, China for the West, page 443, Beurderley, Porcelain for the East India Companies, no 190.