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Pr Chinese Armorial Basins - Mertins/Peck - Pair of Chinese export armorial porcelain basins, Yongzheng ca. 1725. Each with the arms of Mertins impaling Peck along the center surrounded along the well with a band of honeycomb interrupted with cartouches of precious objects and bordered by gilt spearhead. The rims with a border of famille rose flowers. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, ”Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Porcelain and Rugs, ” 31 January 1985, Lot 222; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Reference: Howard, ”Chinese Armorial Porcelain, ” Vol. I, pg. 213. (Each) diameter: 11 in. Condition: Both plates have been restored. One plate has been broken in half and reattached. The other plate has been broken into four pieces: two larger (comprising nearly half of the plate each) and two smaller along the rim. Overspray throughout. A few areas where the overspray has flaked away along the underside.