Stock #: 1012027 Size: 23cm wide
Price: AU$ 1,450.00
US$ 1,493.50
€ 1,102.00
£ 928.00
Chinese export armorial plate, well painted to the center with the arms of Newton, with crossed ‘bones’ supporting a shield, reserved on a shaped black ground, a crowned Negro presenting a sword above and a finely painted wreath of fruit, flowers and birds, the rim with three well detailed specimens in gilt, including an orchid, bamboo, and a hand-of-Buddha tree branch.
Circa 1750

References: Provenance: ex - Helena Woolworth McCann collection (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan, New York) ref. Phillips, China Trade Porcelain, The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, pl2 for a tureen from this service, pl21 for a tanka

Condition: wear to gilding, star to base

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