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Gros & Delettrez
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CHINA, COMPANY OF THE INDIES
See original version (French)
5
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CHINA, COMPANY OF THE INDIES
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
CHINA, COMPANY OF THE INDIES
Octagonal porcelain plate with grisaille decoration; in the centre, the combined coat of arms of the Birkbeck and Upwood families, accompanied by the motto ‘patientia vincit’, and, on the rim, butterflies and flowers.
18th century
Diameter: 23 cm
Note: a similar piece is held at the Musée de Port Louis in Lorient
Bibliography:
- *Cargaison de Chine: Porcelains of the Compagnie des Indes from the Musée de Lorient*, 2002, p. 167.
- Howard, *Chinese Armorial Porcelain* (vol. II, London, 2003, p. 233)
See original version (French)
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