Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Armorial Coffee Cup

Chinese Export Armorial Coffee Cup & Saucer - Chinese export armorial porcelain coffee cup and saucer, late Jiaqing or early Daoguang ca. 1820. Each with the coat of arms surrounded by flowers and the rims with a chain-link band. Provenance: The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Reference: Howard, ”Chinese Armorial Porcelain, ” Vol. II, pg. 279 and 341. Lot Essay: The coat of arms possibly De Cardonnel impaling Belasyse. An extremely similar crest with the same coat of arms and crest of a sheaf of wheat, appears in Howard, though this example is dated some 60 years prior and the placement of the coat of arms is reversed. (Cup) height: 2 1/2 in x width: 3 in x diameter: 2 1/4 in. (Saucer) diameter: 4 3/4 in. Condition: There are small firing flaws to the interior of the cup throughout. There is a small chip to the upper rim of the saucer and a hairline crack extending downwards from the chip. Some loss to the gilt decoration. Light wear to the footrims.