A CHINESE ARMORIAL DISH C.1740 Painted to the centre in enamels and gilt with the Dutch arms of...

A CHINESE ARMORIAL DISH

C.1740

Painted to the centre in enamels and gilt with the Dutch arms of the Chastelein family of Leiden and Amsterdam or the French arms of the Chasteleyn family, the rim decorated with precious objects surrounded by peony and chrysanthemum blooms, with butterflies and flower sprays in the style of Cornelis Pronk to the reverse, 23.4cm.

Provenance: formerly the collection of Dr Hardouin, Nantes.

Cf. C J A Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.304, no.356 for an identical plate.