$2,772
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Auction: February 24, 2022 10:00:00 AM EDT
Decorated in underglaze blue with a bullock under a tree, and on the rim an unidentified crest with sprays of European flowers.
W: 14 1/2, L: 19 in.Provenance
Heirloom & Howard Ltd., Wiltshire, England.
Acquired directly from the above in 2012.
Property of the late Gerry Lenfest, Gladwyne.
Note
Only five armorial services are known with this central scene, all are well-painted and of fine white paste, and it is probable that all are connected with East India Company families.
Literature
David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain (Faber & Faber, 1974), Vol. 1, p. 420.