Lot 360 , A Chinese export armorial bowl and similar saucer dish, c.1720 and a Chinese export armorial blue and white saucer dish, c.1790, 14.5cm
A Chinese export armorial bowl and similar saucer dish, c.1720 and a Chinese export armorial blue and white saucer dish, c.1790, the famille rose bowl and saucer dish decorated with the arms of Verney with Heath in pretence, 17cm and 14cm., (restorations), the blue and white dish painted in enamels with a stag head crest, with inner border of flowers, objects and diaper, 14.5cm.
Estimate £150-200
See Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 1st edition, p.200 for examples of Verney with Heath in pretence coat of arms and Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 2nd edition, p.536 for a similar stag head crest.
Both the shallow bowl and saucer dish with the arms of Verney with Heath in pretence are heavily restored with large areas of repainting, the blue and white dish with the stag head crest has several rim cracks and some slight chipping to the rim.
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Sold for £150