A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725 - image-1
A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725 - image-2
A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725 - image-1A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725 - image-2

Lot 119 Dα

A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.016 € (incl. premium)
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A large armorial plate for the English market. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, around 1725

Decorated in famille rose with the arms of Boothby quartering Scrimshire impaling Clopton. On the rim a demi knight in armour with sword and shield as well as plants and lucky symbols in Chinese style.
Diameter 39 cm

According to Howard, the service from which this plate comes was made for Sir Hugh Clopton of Stratford on Avon.

清雍正 約一七二五年
出口英吉利粉彩盾徽紋大盤

Literature

For a similar plate see: David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain. London 1974, vol. 1, p. 203, no. D2