YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1728

Details

A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL 'VOC' PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1728
Enameled primarily in rose, yellow and iron-red with a central coat-of-arms flanked by lion supporters and surmounted by a crown, above the V.O.C. monogram within leaves and scrolls, the border inscribed CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT.1728 (sic), within a striped band at the rim
8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1985, lot 305.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of the State of Holland, above the V.O.C. cypher of the Dutch East India Company. The design was probably taken from a silver ducatoon of 1728 with the striped band at the border imitating the ribbed milling of the coin. See D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, vol. I, p. 194, no. 191 for a similar plate and a discussion on the dating of this service. Clare Le Corbeiller has argued, based on the presence of this pattern at V.O.C. centers worldwide, that the service was produced for use by company officers posted both at home and abroad. See C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York, 1974, p. 104, no. 43.

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