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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL PLATE FOR THE The source for this image is so far unknown, but the elaborate design
EUROPEAN MARKET rather suggests it copies or is derived from a bookplate or official
Qianlong period, circa 1775 insignia of a social or military organization, perhaps for retired soldiers.
Attractively and unusually enameled at the center with a large heart- It has been suggested that it could be the device of a Gentlemen’s
shaped cartouche formed from two curling leafy branches, one side club of the period. There is clearly a specific significance in the three
with a standing figure apparently chopping at a leafless tree, the other objects within the cartouche surround, but no obvious link between
with a fencing figure standing ‘en garde’, within a basket of unidentified them.
contents, a kite and a book forming part of the surround, the border
with a continuous iron-red and gilt leafy bamboo band enriched with References: Cohen & Cohen, 2006, no. 27, p. 46; Hervouet and
scatted flowers. Bruneau, 1986, p. 340, no. 14.49; and Harrison-Hall, 1999.
9in (23cm) diam
$800 - 1,200

乾隆時期 約1775年 稀有為歐洲市場製粉彩描金盾紋式盤
This design is not recorded anywhere as the accredited coat of arms
of an individual; so perhaps it contained a witty pun on the name
or career of someone who could not afford, or was not sufficiently
successful to commission, a family coat of arms from an accredited
College of Arms as in London.

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