Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese armorial famille rose plate, Qianlong (1736-95) circa 1750, decorated to the centre with the arms of Amyas of Norfork (Argent, a boar’s head couped sable, armed or, between three crosses crosslet of the second), within a chain border to the cavetto, the rim with three floral sprays of water lily and water hawthorn, surmounted by a stag head
Dimensions:
Diameter: 22.9cm. (9 in.)
Condition:
Shallow chip to rim
Notes:
The arms of Amyas were granted in 1576 to Thomas Amyas of Norfolk. A plate from this same service is illustrated in Howard, David (1974). Chinese Armorial Porcelain (vol. I). Faber and Faber, p.532 pl.Q1.
A saucer also with the arms of Amyas made for Admiral John Amyas of Hingham can be found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum (AK-NM-13405)
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