An armorial plate. Kangxi period (1662-1722), around 1720 - image-1

Lot 185 Dα

An armorial plate. Kangxi period (1662-1722), around 1720

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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An armorial plate. Kangxi period (1662-1722), around 1720

Decorated in iron-red, gold, green and black at the centre with the arms of Thomas Pitt, Baron Londonderry above a banderole inscribed with the motto AMITIE, the rim with a stork beneath a baron's coronet between fronds within four oval panels alternating with gold and iron-red floral sprays.
D 22 cm

The present dish was ordered for Thomas Pitt (1717-1734), the 2nd Earl of Londonderry and second son of Thomas Pitt (1688-1729).

清康熙 五彩「AMITIE」徽章紋盤
來源：倫敦德里伯爵Thomas Pitt (1717年-1734年) 私人收藏
南德古舊收藏

Provenance

Old private collection, Southern Germany

Literature

Compare David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. 1, London 1974, p. 184, B9