A Chinese Export famille-rose Armorial plate, Qing Dynasty, 1785-1791
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Provenance
This plate was part of 'the last armorial dinner-service made during the Company's regime, ordered by Cornelis van Aerssen Beyeren, Lord of Voshol [who] arrived at the Cape in April 1785' (Woodward, C.S., Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1975: An account of the porcelain trade of the Dutch East India Company with particular reference to ceramics with the V.O.C. monogram, the Cape market, and South African collections, A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1974, pg. 125)

















