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Pair of Chinese Export Armorial Platters, c.

Offered by: Robert Morrissey Antiques & Fine Art

Description
Pair of Chinese Export porcelain armorial platters, each decorated with the arms of Riddell, the central bouquet of flowers painted in puce within a chain border to the cavetto and flower festoons to the outer border.

See: David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II, p.445.
Howard notes the Riddell crest, actually a greyhound, is incorrectly depicted as a stag, that the antlers should be ears and the hooves should be paws. He speculates the pattern sent to China was too small, possibly a wax seal, and misinterpreted by the Chinese painters. The motto is correct.

More Information

Origin:	China
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Porcelain
Condition:	Fair. One platter with a single small chip, the other with four small chips, circled in yellow in the last two photos.
Number of Pieces:	2-3
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	5104004
Incollect Reference #:	840929

Dimensions

W.	10.25 in;	H.	7 in;
W.	26.04 cm;	H.	17.78 cm;

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