FOUR BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT DISHES 17th-18th century Comprising: a Dutch market 'marriage' dish, decorated with a stylised monogram above a laurel wreath and love knot, the rim with a passion flower garland; an armorial dish with the arms of Garland, decorated with a lady riding a buffalo beside a boy attendant, within a border of four crests; two 'botanical' dishes, each decorated to the centre with two caterpillars and a butterfly amongst an iris and a lily, the rim with an elaborate foliate scrollwork design heightened with gilt decoration. The largest 27cm (10 5/8in) diam. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七至十八世紀 青花外銷盤四件 Provenance: Acquired from Arthur Harris, London, in 2000 (the armorial dish) (collector's notes) Acquired from Arthur Harris, London, in February 2003 (the botanical dishes) (collector's notes) Acquired from Robert McPherson Antiques, London, 7th May 2013 (the marriage dish) (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Beasts at the Whites' House: A selection of ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 1, n.p, 2020, p.240 (the larger botanical dish). Exhibited: The English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 'Armorials', 2008 (label) (the armorial dish). See an example of the marriage dish illustrated in J. Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market: Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, The Hague, 2007, p.106, pl.3, where the author notes that the commissioner of this service was likely a woman from the Netherlands as this type of plate has been found particularly in Dutch collections. See an example of a tureen and dish bearing the arms of Garland in D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, London, 1974, p.586. The design of the botanical dish is attributed to Maria Sybille Merian (1646-1717), a trained botanist who travelled to the Dutch West Indies in 1698 to collect specimens for her illustrated book Histoire Generale des Insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe, Paris, 1771. See both an enamelled and a blue and white example in the British Museum, no. Franks.589. Another example is published in D.Howard and J.Ayers, China for the West: Chinese porcelain and other decorative arts for export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, vol.1, London, 1978, pp.304-305. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing