A Chinese export armorial dish with the arms of Bistrate and Proli, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 外銷粉彩紋章圖盤

For the Belgian market, the centre finely enamelled and silvered with the arms of de la Bistrate accollée with those of Proli between greyhound supporters and below a helmet, coronet and crest, the cavetto with a trellis pattern, the arms repeated individually around the rim between a du Paquier style design of linked feathers, strapwork, shells and hanging drapery

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Dimensions: 22.8cm diameter

Coats Collection, Derbyshire, UK;

Santos Collection

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英國德比郡Coats收藏；

桑托斯收藏

This present lot is illustrated in A. Varela Santos, 'Yuan to Qing Ceramics', 2016/2017, cat. 37

C.f. See an identical dish sold at Christie's London, 18th June 2002, lot 344 [link]; and another from the Hodroff Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 23 Jan 2008, lot 366 [link]

The arms depicted in the present lot are those of de la Bistrate of Anvers in Brabant and Proli of Milan and Brabant. A second version is recorded with white enamel in place of the silver decoration. There is another service bearing the same design, but instead with the arms of Torriano and Proli. It is quite possible that Nathaniel Torriano, senior supercargo and Chief of Council in Canton in 1721 and again in 1727-8, may have ordered for both sides of the Proli family.

See H. Maertens de Noordhout, Porcelaines chinoises 'Compagnie des Indes' décorée d'armoire belges, Brussels, 1997, pp.66-71, where plates from both the de la Bistrate and Proli services are illustrated and also a plate from the service with the Boone arms, the latter of which likely stems from confusion of orders at the workshop. An identical plate to the present lot is in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, exhibited in 'Chinese Export Porcelain', Hong Kong, 1989-90, pp. 244 and 245, catalogue no.96, and also by de Noordhout ibid. p.69; another from the Mottahedeh Collection, is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, no.459, p.453. Also see 'Ancient Chinese Trade Porcelain' from the British Museum, London, by R. Krahl and J. Harrison, Taipei 1994, pp. 288/289, cat. 129 for a similar plate, but with the arms of Charles Boone, in the medallion at the centre of lower rim. Also see 'Chinese export-porcelain, Chine de Commande' from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, catalogue by C.J.A. Jörg, Hong Kong 1989, p. 244/245 and cat. 96 for a similar plate. Also see 'Chinese Export Porcelain', by D.S. Howard, pp. 40/41.

圖例：《元代至清代陶瓷》，作者阿. 瓦瑞拉. 桑托斯，目錄 37。

參見一件完全相同之碟，曾於倫敦佳士得二〇〇二年六月十八日拍賣，編號三四四；另見一件出自 Hodroff 收藏之例，曾於紐約佳士得二〇〇八年一月二十三日拍賣，編號三六六。

本拍品所飾紋章為布拉班特安特衛普 de la Bistrate 家族與米蘭及布拉班特 Proli 家族之合族紋章。另見一版本以白色琺瑯代銀色裝飾。另有一整套餐具飾同式紋章，但為 Torriano 與 Proli 兩家合族之徽記。極有可能由 Nathaniel Torriano（曾於一七二一年及一七二七至二八年出任廣州首席監造官兼商館首席議員）為 Proli 家族兩支同時訂製。

參見 H. Maertens de Noordhout，《Porcelaines chinoises “Compagnie des Indes” décorée d’armoiries belges》，布魯塞爾，一九九七年， 第66–71頁，錄有 de la Bistrate 與 Proli 兩家紋章餐具之盤例，並錄有一件 Boone 家族紋章之例，推測或因工坊訂單混淆所致。另見布魯塞爾皇家藝術與歷史博物館所藏一件與本拍品完全相同之盤，曾於《中國外銷瓷》展覽（香港，一九八九至九〇年）展出，第244–245頁 ，圖錄編號 96，亦見 de Noordhout 同書，第69頁 。另有一例出自 Mottahedeh 收藏，載於 Howard 與 Ayers，《China for the West》，倫敦與紐約，一九七八年，編號 459，第453頁 。另參見 R. Krahl 與 J. Harrison，《倫敦大英博物館的中國古代貿易瓷器》，台北，一九九四年，第288–289頁 ，編號 129，錄一件中央下緣飾 Charles Boone 紋章之相類盤。亦參見布魯塞爾皇家藝術與歷史博物館所編圖錄，C.J.A. Jörg，《中國外銷瓷，布魯塞爾皇家藝術及歷史博物館藏特別訂製瓷器》，香港，一九八九年，第244–245頁 ，編號 96，錄一相類之例。另參見 D.S. Howard，《中國外銷瓷》，第40–41頁。