Asian Art II - 19th May 2011

Lot 1111

A pair of Chinese armorial soup plates c.1785

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A pair of Chinese armorial soup plates c.1785, decorated in sepia with the arms of Catherine the Great of Russia, the rims painted with interweaving garlands and ribbons, one with a faint hairline, 24.7cm. (2) Provenance: the Robert Wolley collection, New York, 1988. The Clifford Henderson collection.