A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL RETICULATED BASKET AND STAND.

Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

The oval-section body painted to the interior with the arms of Walterbeck and monogram CJW within a gilt spearhead border, surrounded by panels of blossoms and brocade patterns, the rim pierced with oval openings, two gilt handles rising from the everted rim, the stand similarly decorated, 23cm diameter. (2)

清十九世紀 粉彩繪徽章圖紋籃子及托盤

Inspired by an 1762 Worcester porcelain design, according to family tradition, this service was given to Dutch governor Constantijn Johan Wolterbeek (1766 – 1845) by the Sultan of Malacca when the British ceded the colony to the Dutch after 23 years of interim rule by the British (see J. Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, pp. 519-520, no. 443).

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