CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PART DINNER SERVICE CIRCA 1785-95

with the arms of Van Idsinga of Friesland within narrow floral borders in shades of green, gold, pink and aubergine, comprising: 
forty-two 10 1/4 -inch dinner plates
forty-three  9 1/4 -inch dinner plates
twenty-eight soup plates
113 pieces.

The Collection of the Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York
Jane Baum Interiors, New York, December 31, 1981
J. Rochelle Thomas, Inc., Palm Beach, January 5, 1982
Acquired by A. Alfred Taubman from the above

For the arms of Van Idsigna of Friesland, Holland, see J.-B. Rieststap, Armorial Général, Vol. I, p. 1016. Large portions of this (presumably very extensive) service appeared on the market in the 1980s and 1990s, including thirty-six pieces sold in these rooms, January 31, 1991, lots 399-413; and eighteen pieces on January 20, 1998, lots 2072-2078.