A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL CHAMFERED RECTANGULAR PLATTER, CIRCA 1750 |

painted in the center with a pair of pheasants among rockwork and peonies, the rim painted with the arms of Marten impaling Bidwell

Collection of Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke, Baltimore, Maryland
Sotheby's New York, January 24, 1990, lot 400

In overall good condition with a minute glaze flake to one edge, and some very small nicks to the corners. There is minor wear and firing imperfections.
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For the arms see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 319, J3.