Three Chinese Export Armorial Platters, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng and Qianlong Period, circa 1725 and 1750 | 清雍正及乾隆 約1725及1750年 粉彩紋章圖大盤三件

The pair of large platters decorated with the arms of Albert de Luynes:

Collection of Mrs. A. D. Manning

Christie’s London, 22 June 1981 lot 86

Stair & Co., New York, no. P368

For the arms of Albert de Luynes, see Antoine Lebel, Armoiries françaises et suisses sur la porcelaine de Chine au XVIIIe siècle, Brussels, 2009, p. 57. The arms of Cazalet on Chinese export porcelain were first described in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 813. For an illustration of the arms, see volume II of his book, published in 2003, p. 337, P18. A group of 119 pieces from this service was sold at Christie's London, February 20th, 1978, lots 172 and 173.