Een paar Chinese famille rose wapenschotels voor de Engelse markt met de wapens van Watson en Darell, Qianlong

Dim.: 30 x 22,5 cm

Ref.:
- In Chinese Armorial Porcelain, D.S. Howard writes that this service was presented in 1770 by the British East India Co. to Admiral John Watson, who had married a Darell heiress. (Op. cit., vol. I, p. 493.) 
- Christie's, New York, Jan. 21, 2009, lot 143, for a large platter of this service. (sold USD 4.375) (link)