Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023
Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 766
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Platter, D'Aguilar
Estimate: $600 - $900
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
circa 1780, of rectangular form, canted corners, central arms of D'Aguilar of London, left side lower half ground iron red with gilt eagle, above three green pear trees on white ground, impaling Lousada, on the right blue ground, central white chevron amongst three doves with gilt wings, surmounted with a crest of a demi lion rampant, having a blue crown, holding a laurel branch, foliate swag border, 7-3/4 in.
Note: "The families of d'Aguilar (sometimes spelled Aquilar) and Lousada were both wealthy sugar planters in Jamaica. The service was made for Joseph Aguilar, a merchant of Jamaica who married about 1745 Rebecca, daughter of Aaron Baruh Lousada of Kingston.
Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume I, David S. Howard, Faber & Faber, 31 May 1974, p. 631. (attribution updated in a manuscript note by the author).
Provenance: Century House Galleries, London, England (label to base); Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., UK, November 2009; Christopher M. Weld, Essex, Massachusetts
Condition
discoloration, spotting, wear to paint and gilt decoration, anomalies (as made), scratching, accretion, labels to base, blacklight does not reveal fluorescence
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