Bidspirit auction | Large Chinese Export Dutch Market

Large Chinese Export Dutch Market Armorial Charger - Large Chinese export armorial porcelain charger for the Dutch market, Yongzheng ca. 1725. the center with the arms of Scholten of Amsterdam impaling Hogenberg of Holland. Surrounded by a well of cell-pattern interrupted with four still lifes of precious objects. The rim with four clusters of Kakiemon style blossoming boughs and auspicious artifacts. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, ” 22 January 2002, Lot 179; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Diameter: 17 3/4 in. Condition: A few light spots of fritting to the rim. There are three large hairline cracks to the center of the plate; a smaller hairline crack extending outwards from the center of one of the larger cracks. Light wear to the footrim. Two drillholes to the footrim.