Bidspirit auction | Lrg Export Armorial Dutch Market

Lrg Export Armorial Dutch Market Dish - Large Chinese export armorial Dutch market dish, Qianlong ca. 1752. The center with a coat of arms of a bird and half-moon flanking a tree surmounted by a half-moon crest over a knight's helm. The borders with gilt and iron-red flowering and fruiting vines. Provenance: H. Moog Antique Porcelains, Atlanta; Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part II, ” 22 January 2003, Lot 158; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Lot Essay: While the arms remain unidentified, they appear on a lacquer seal on a letter written and signed by fourteen chief tax-gatherers and dated Amsterdam, 11 July 1752. Diameter: 15 in. Condition: There is a large spiderweb of six hairline cracks extending outwards from the center of the plate. Minute chips and wear to the footrim. Light wear to the polychrome; some light losses to the gilt throughout.