CHINA Yongzheng period (1723- 1735) Porcelain - Lot 215

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CHINA Yongzheng period (1723- 1735) Porcelain - Lot 215
CHINA Yongzheng period (1723- 1735) Porcelain plate decorated with the enamels of the rose family with the coat of arms of the Dutch Bistrate family . Enhanced with a rich decoration in gold and silver, with the arms of Charles de la Bistrate of Antwerp in Brabant, joined to those of Anne-Martine Proli of Antwerp and Milan. The arms of the alliance are supported by two greyhounds, surrounded by large acanthus trees and surmounted by a knight's helmet. On the marli, a mosaic background punctuated by four cartouches. On the wing, decoration of interlacing, foliage, shells and drapery. They alternate with four shields representing twice the coats of arms of La Bistrate and Proli. D. 22.3 cm The service from which this plate comes is one of the most illustrious made by the V.O.C. It was commissioned by Jean-Charles de la Bistrate (baptised in Antwerp in 1715), Lord of Loer and Neerwinde and chief chaplain of Antwerp. He married Anne-Martine Proli, born in Antwerp in 1711, on 7 October 1736. His father, Pierre Proli, was one of the seven directors of the Ostend company and after his death in 1733, his business was taken over by his son who must have been responsible for ordering this service for his sister and brother-in-law, before their marriage, around 1735. Related works - Cup from the same service is kept in the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels. It was presented at the Chinese Export Porcelain exhibition in Hong Kong in 1989 (cat. n°96, p. 244/245). Another cup is kept at the Rijkmuseum. - Other models are illustrated by Henry Maertens de Noordhout in Porcelaines Chinoises décorées d'armoiries belges (1994, p. 23), by Christiaan Jörg (1989, p. 245, no. 96). -Assiette, from the Mottahedeh Collection, is illustrated by Howard and Ayers in Chinese Armorial Porcelain and China for the West (London and New York, 1978, p.453, no. 459) and sold at Sotheby's New York, October 19, 2000, lot 260. One plate from this service was in
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