Description
Early Chinese export famille verte armorial soup plate, Kangxi ca. 1715-20. The center painted with coat of arms and the rim with a tiger mask crest. Arms of Parsons quartering Yarker impaling Crowley. The rim painted with five underglaze blue dragons. Howard notes that there are no more than ten armorial services, apparently all for English families, painted with underglaze blue dragons along the rim.
Provenance: Heirloom & Howard Limited, August 20, 2005; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Horoff.
Reference:
Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 56, no. 28. Illustrates a similar plate with differing coat of arms.
Howard, "Chinese Armorial Porcelain," Vol. I, pg. 217.
Diameter: 9 in.
Provenance: Heirloom & Howard Limited, August 20, 2005; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Horoff.
Reference:
Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 56, no. 28. Illustrates a similar plate with differing coat of arms.
Howard, "Chinese Armorial Porcelain," Vol. I, pg. 217.
Diameter: 9 in.
Condition
There are several hairline cracks to the underside of the plate. Some wear to the footrim including small chips. Some surface wear throughout.
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Export Armorial Soup Plate w/ Blue Dragons Parsons
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Leo & Doris Hodroff Chinese Export Collection
Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 AM ESTSt. Paul, MN, United States
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