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AN IMPORTANT AND LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISH 1738 (fig.2). Two deliveries were made, one and 1740 of 70 plates
FOR THE ENGLISH FAMILY OKEOVER and 30 dishes costing 99 pounds 11 shillings 10 pence and then in
Qianlong period, circa 1743 1743 another group was delivered by Joseph Congreve, commander
Ornately decorated and rich enamels in the rococo style, the central of the ship Prislowe, consisting of 50 plates and four large dishes. Only
coat of arms surrounded by elaborate gilt scroll and shell framing, iron- plates and large dishes are known today, and ours represents one of
red and white mantling, with two horses above a waterfall, all within a the few large examples.
scalloped frame, the rim border having sprays of European flowers and
four panels with monograms and crests. There are three recorded plates with the same design and monogram,
12 1/2in (32cm) diam but the arms of either James Tully, his sons Jerome or William Tullie, or
$12,000 - 18,000 an unrelated Timothy Tullie, superimposed on the design created for
Okeover. For one example see Sargent 2012, no, 199, 369.
乾隆時期 約1743年 粉彩描金《歐克弗》爵徽盤
Other related wares can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Published: London; The British Museum, London; The Peabody Essex Museum,
Cohen & Cohen, The Elephant in the Room, Antwerp, 2019, pp. 44- Salem; the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
45, no. 18
A smaller Leake Okeover plate (9in diam) from a private Florida
出版： collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 20 January 2016, lot 179;
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《The Elephant in the Room》，安特衛 and another is illustrated by Cohen & Cohen, Tyger Tyger!, Antwerp,
普，2019年，頁44-45，圖錄編號18 2016, pp. 110-111, no. 48.
This plate is from the most famous service of Chinese export armorials. For further examples, see Howard, 1974, frontispiece and 398;
The pattern was taken from a colored painting sent to China and Howard, 1994, no. 63, 80; Howard & Ayers, 1978, 413-5; Howard,
which still survives. It was thought to have been executed by Arthur 1997, 57, including illustration of the original design; Gordon, 1979,
Devis Sr. (1711-87). The surviving painting reflects the precision of the no. 13, 33; Sargent, 2012, no. 198, pp. 368-9, where additional
Chinese enamellers in the ability to copy the original design. The arms examples are listed.
are for Leake Okeover Esq. (1702- 65) of Okeover near Ashbourne,
Derbyshire (fig.1). The service was ordered by Leake Okeover about

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