Four Chinese Export porcelain armorial octagonal plates, Qianlong period, circa 1755. Photo Sotheby's.

each painted with a central spray of peony and exotic flowers within a gilt-chain border surmounted by the arms of Burgh quartering Bosvile impaling Chambers, all within a scroll border; diameter 8 1/2 in., 21.6 cm. Estimation 3,000 — 5,000 USD

Provenance: Helen Mc Gehee Antiques, Philadelphia.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

The arms are illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II, 2003, p. 243, M1.

Sotheby's. Important Americana. New York | 24 janv. 2014 - www.sothebys.com