541.
DISHES (NINETEEN)
GROUP 1
WHITE PORCELAIN DECORATED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OVERGLAZE
FAMILLE VERTE
ENAMELS AND GOLD
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), CA. 1700-1725
Deep circular dishes on a low footring, with
rounded, ribbed cavetto and sloping rim,
with discretely bracket-lobed edge;
diameters vary between 24 cm and 38.5 cm.
The group is decorated in
famille verte
enamels highlighted with gold and with
some details painted in underglaze blue. In
the centre of the dishes, within a double
circle, the crowned arms of the dukedoms of
Brabandt – Brabant – (inv. 507) and
Gelderlant – Gelderland – (inv. 510); of the
counties of Artoÿs – Artois – (inv. 527),
Vlaanderen – Flanders – (inv. 533), Henegovw
– Hainault – (inv. 651), Holland – (inv. 530),
Zeelandt – Zeeland – (inv. 498 and 599),
Nameur – Namur – (inv. 532) and Zutphen –
(inv. 569); of the lordships of Friesland –
Frisia – (inv. 508), Meggelen – Malines –
(inv. 535), Overÿsel – Overijssel – (inv. 522),
Vytreght – Utrecht – (inv. 598), Groeningen
– Groningen – (inv. 534); of the cities of
Louven – Louvain – (inv. 531) and Amsteldam
– Amsterdam – (inv. 526); and of the
kingdoms of Engelandt – England – (inv. 529)
and Frankryk – France – (inv. 650)
The armorial is identified below by a scroll
with the name inscribed in Dutch. In each
case the shield is flanked by a floral spray
with perching birds, underneath by a flower
stem and above by two butterflies.
The cavetto and the rim are treated as a
single unit, just like the
kraakporselein
of the
Ming dynasty, and are moulded with twelve
panels shaped like lotus petals, each
decorated alternately with either a human
figure on a green landscape or a vase of
flowers. Around the border, a honeycomb
diaper pattern. On the back of the dishes,
swiftly drawn flower sprays.
ARMORIAL CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN
. 305
INV. NO. 507; Ø 27,3 CM