Chinese armorial plate, Yongzheng c.1730, decorated predominantly in iron-red and gilt with a central roundel containing spray of flowers including peony, chrysanthemum and lily, the cavetto with four ogee-shaped panels containing figures within oriental watery landscapes, against dense lotus scroll, the rim with the crest of Davies (a lion's gamb erased holding a mullet of five points), four roundels containing blooming lotus flower against surface ripples, and three further floral sprays
Dimensions:
Diameter: 22.5cm. (8 7/8in.)
Condition:
Two small chips to rim and a shallow frit to underside of rim.
Notes:
See David Sanctuary Howard (1974). Chinese Armorial Porcelain (vol. II). Faber and Faber, p.149, D9.
