A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735

Henry Moog, Atlanta

For the arms see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. 1, London, 1974, p. 308, H3. Produced using at least ten different enamels and with twenty-one quarters, this service is often described as one of the most elaborate armorial services ever made, as discussed in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, Vol. II, London, 1978, p. 412, cat. no. 412.