A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL DISH

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL DISH
KANGXI C.1705

Painted with a central panel with the arms of Sayer impaling Talbot, within geometric borders, beribboned precious objects and floral brocades, 48.2cm.

Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.164, A1, where a related blue and white dish is illustrated, dated c.1705. Exton Sayer, LLD, was MP for Tottenham and in c.1705 married Catherine, daughter of the Rt Rev'd William Talbot, Bishop of Oxford and later Bishop of Durham. For another example from the Wunsch Collection, of the same size also with the arms of Sayer impaling Talbot, see Christie's New York, 2nd February 2022, lot 25.