Bidspirit auction | Large Chinese Export Armorial Basin

Large Chinese Export Armorial Basin - Valckenier - Large Chinese export armorial porcelain basin, Yongzheng/Qianlong ca. 1735. The center with the arms of Valckenier surrounded by a rim with three iron-red and gilt sprays of flowering vines. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”Captains and Kilns: British Ceramics, Chinese Export and Maritime Art, ” 21 January 2003, Lot 281; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Lot Essay: Several members of the influential Valckenier family of Amsterdam were senior in the Dutch East India Company and ordered armorial porcelain. The leading example is Governor-General of the Indies, Andriaan Valckenier. Diameter: 16 1/2 in x depth: 3 1/2 in. Condition: There is a small restored chip to one side of the rim and a very small restored hairline crack to the opposite side of the rim. Light wear to the footrim. Some losses to the gilt throughout.