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Round porcelain dish with a coat-of-arms design for the Fren…
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Round porcelain dish with a coat-of-arms design for the Fren…
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Description
Round porcelain dish with a coat-of-arms design for the French market (Pascal de Kerenveyer), China. Qianlong period (1736–1795), circa 1760. The dish is decorated in ‘Famille Rose’ enamels, with floral motifs and the coat of arms of the Pascal de Kerenveyer family on the rim, Gules, a silver Paschal Lamb bearing a red crossed banner; a chief of azure (here gules), charged with a silver crescent, flanked by two gold stars. Provenance: J.M. Béalu et Fils, 3 rue du Bac, 75007 Paris Dimensions: 25.5 cm Two small chips on the reverse.
The Pascal de Kerenveyer family is based in the Léon region, around
Roscoff and Plougoulm. The family is associated with the manor house of
Kerenveyer, in Plougoulm. The commission can be attributed either to
Joseph de Pascal de Kerenveyer (1685–1762), second lieutenant in the
Limousin Infantry Regiment in 1707, promoted to major on 13 January
1741, lieutenant-colonel on 11 April 1742, and brigadier in the
King’s armies on 1 May 1745, later a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis;
or to his son, François-Nicolas Pascal de Kerenveyer (1729–1794),
ensign in the Limousin Regiment, who rose to the rank of lieutenant, adjutant
and then captain. The latter went on to enjoy a long career: major
of the Berry Regiment in 1771, lieutenant-colonel in 1781, brigadier
in 1784, then field marshal in 1788. He was made a Knight of
Saint-Louis on 3 March 1763. He eventually became a Major General
in 1793. He was also a writer and poet, in both French and Breton.
He is notably the author of *Ar farvel göapaër* (*The Mocking Jester*),
a libertine work comprising tales, poems and a comic opera,
which was extremely unusual in 18th-century Breton literature,
which was at that time largely dominated by religious texts. This work
is sometimes mistakenly attributed on the art market to a family
‘Keranverger’.
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Lot description modified on 10/13/2026 at 6:09 PM
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