Ref: W485
£ 55
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Chinese armorial saucer, Qianlong (1736-1795), decorated in the Imari palette with underglaze blue and overglaze iron red enamels, the centre with the arms of Horsemonden (Gules a saltire argent over all fess azure, a leopard’s head affronté (unfilled) from the top two snakes vert issuant and facing the dexter and sinister the tails appearing from the mouth), the rim with four ruyi-shaped cartouches containing flowers issuing from rockwork, interspersed with scrolling peony heads and leafwork.
Notes:
The Horsemonden family originated in Kent, and had connections to the East India Trading Company through John Horsemonden, who was a supercargo and second member of the Council at Canton in 1721.
A plate of similar design, also with the arms of Horsemonden, can be found in the collection of the V&A (FE.44-1978). Another can be found in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts (E83680).
See Howard, David Santuary (1974). Chinese Armorial Porcelain (vol I). Faber and Faber, p.176
