Un plat aux armes de France du service pour Louis XV en porcelaine de Chine, Yongzheng

Dia.: 38 cm

Ca. 1725-1730.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- With 5 hairlines from the rim: ca. 3 cm at 12 o'clock, ca. 7 cm just before 3 o'clock, Y-shaped of ca. 5 cm just past 7 o'clock, ca. 5 cm just before 9 o'clock and ca. 7 cm just before 12 o'clock.
- The rim with a few small superficial chips, the largest between 3 and 4 o'clock of app.
- A superficial scratch of ca. 4 cm between the hairlines around 12 o'clock.
- The coat of arms with 3 burst glaze bubbles visible.

See also:
- Christie's, New York, Jan. 26, 2015, Lot 72, for another large dish from the same service. (link)(Sale price: USD 32.500)
- Musée de la Compagnie des Indes de Lorient, France, as depicted in Brigitte Nicolas, Au bonheur des Indes Orientales, 2014. (link)
- Antoine Lebel, "Armoiries françaises sur la porcelaine de Chine", p. 38-39.