TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1772 |

comprising one plate and one soup plate, each painted in the center with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville

The soup plate with one restored rim chip with associated over painting, and three restored glaze flakes to the back. The plate with a triangular section out with an associated curving hair crack, and one additional hairline in the center of the plate. Both with minor firing imperfections, small nicks, and wear to the surface
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For the arms, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 404, O4. The reverse of each example is accompanied by a label bearing the logo of Vista Alegre and inscribed with 'Rockefeller' and an inventory number 80M/ 78 for the soup plate, and 82M/ 78 for the plate.