Description With foliate rim, painted in the famille verte palette and gilt to the centre with the coat-of-arms of the province of Henegouwen (Hainaut), surmounted by a coronet, inscribed on the banderole as Henegovw and surrounded by birds, flowering branches and butterflies, the border with lotus petal-shaped panels of figures in gardens alternating with flower vases and jardinières on a diaper-pattern ground.
Dimensions Diameter 38.5 cm
Literature Compare a dish with this coat of arms in Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art du Luxembourg, Hybrides Porcelaines Chinoises aux Armoiries Territoriales Europénnes, Luxembourg 2003, p. 56, no. 10; similar dishes from this series in J. A. Christiaan J?rg, Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, Chinese Export Porcelain, Hong Kong 1989, p. 268-275; Michel Beurdeley, Porzellan aus China, Compagnie des Indes, Munich 1962, p. 193, cat. 169; David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The private market in Chinese export porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff collection, London 1994, p. 48f, plate 16 and 17; and about these types of plates in J. A. Christiaan J?rg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Groningen 2011, p. 163-173
Provenance Private collection from an European noble family since the late 19th century, thence in the family by descent
Notes VAT: Margin scheme