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A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose English market 'Harrison' armorial plates with birds and butterflies among blossoming branches, 19th C.
40
Dia.: 25,4 cm
Both plates with crest and motto 'Spero Meliora' ('I hope for better things' or 'Aspire to greater things').
Ref.:
- A tureen and cover with the same crest and motto offered at Christie's, New York, Sale: Living with Art, August 22 &23, 2017, lot 218 (USD 875, link).
Condition: (UV-checked)
- One of the plates with a hairline of ca. 2 cm at 9 o'clock.
- The other plate with a negligible superficial hardly visible chip to the bottom rim.
- Furthermore, both plates in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear, especially to the gilt decoration.