Lot 289. A pair of large Chinese 'famille-verte' 'Province' dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

each gilt and enamelled at the centre, one with the coat-of-arms of Vlaanderen, the other with the coat-of-arms of Nameur, framed by two pairs of birds in flight amidst peony and chrysanthemum blooms, the well and rim with shaped panels variously enclosing scholars in landscapes, pairs of birds and fish, all reserved on an underglaze-blue diaper ground. Quantité: 2 - 46.7cm., 18 3/8 in.

PROPERTY OF THE DIOCESE HAARLEM-AMSTERDAM, REMOVED FROM THE 'BISSCHOPSHUIS' 

Sotheby's. Of Royal and Noble Descent Including Works of Art from Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome, Londres, 19 janv. 2016, 10:00 AM