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Chinese Export Armorial Plate - Mathew - Chinese export armorial porcelain plate, Qianlong ca. 1755. The center in famille rose with a basket of flowers and foliage with a gilt and sepia floral border. Rim with bianco-sopra-bianco (white-on-white) with the arms of Mathew quartering Van Leemput impaling Byam. Provenance: Phillips, London, ”The Bullivant Collection of Armorial Porcelain, ” 22 March 1988, Lot 192; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Reference: Howard, ”Chinese Armorial Porcelain, ” Vol. I, pg. 287. Diameter: 9 1/4 in. Condition: A few light frits to the rim. Crazing to the glaze along the underside along either side of the footrim. Very little to no surface wear.