Armorial Plate
Armorial Plate
£450
Category
Reference
2666
A plate decorated in famille rose enamels, bianco sopra bianco and gilding with a rare and unidentified armorial subject of two crowned obelisks with mulberries (?) above bases with three panels each of horticultural images below apocryphal mottos; a panel with two monograms below a crown between the obelisks and birds amongst floral motifs; the border with flower sprigs in gilt.
Condition: extensively restored - the plate has been broken into four pieces and re-stuck.
Yongzheng/Qianlong period, circa 1730-1740.
Dimensions:
Diameter
26.2 cm
/ 10 1⁄2"
 above bases with three panels each of horticultural images below apocryphal mottos; a panel with two monograms below a crown between the obelisks and birds amongst floral motifs; the border with flower sprigs in gilt.Condition: extensively restored - the plate has been broken into four pieces and re-stuck.Yongzheng/Qianlong period, circa 1730-1740.){kind=link}