Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1719-1722 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:flaming jewel
Dimensions:Diameter: 39.80 centimetres Height: 6.40 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille verte’ dish with an English coat of arms. The rim of this dish is decorated with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl and two phoenixes on either side of a peony spray; all delicately incised and coloured in pale cobalt blue; with diaper borders on the edge of the rim and in the well with four cartouches; the centre is painted with a large coat of arms in underglaze blue, bright red and green enamels and gilding. Sir Humphrey Parsons, M.P. of a very wealthy brewing family, was the son of Sir John Parsons, Lord Mayor of London in 1704. He married in 1719 Sarah, daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley, an Alderman of London and Sheriff in 1706. He was lord Mayor of London himself in 1731 and died during the second mayoralty in 1741.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The coat of arms belongs to Sir Humphrey Parsons, a wealthy brewer, Member of Parliament and later Lord Mayor of London, and his wife Saray Crowley, whom he married in 1719. Several armorial services painted in ‘famille verte’ enamels and with Chinese motifs in underglaze blue are known. The ‘famille verte’ colour scheme went out of fashion soon after this service was made, with the introduction of a rose-pink enamel at the very end of the Kangxi period. Other pieces from this service are in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, no. 410), and in the Cooke collection (Howard, 1974, p. 217).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:flaming jewel
Dimensions:Diameter: 39.80 centimetres Height: 6.40 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille verte’ dish with an English coat of arms. The rim of this dish is decorated with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl and two phoenixes on either side of a peony spray; all delicately incised and coloured in pale cobalt blue; with diaper borders on the edge of the rim and in the well with four cartouches; the centre is painted with a large coat of arms in underglaze blue, bright red and green enamels and gilding. Sir Humphrey Parsons, M.P. of a very wealthy brewing family, was the son of Sir John Parsons, Lord Mayor of London in 1704. He married in 1719 Sarah, daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley, an Alderman of London and Sheriff in 1706. He was lord Mayor of London himself in 1731 and died during the second mayoralty in 1741.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The coat of arms belongs to Sir Humphrey Parsons, a wealthy brewer, Member of Parliament and later Lord Mayor of London, and his wife Saray Crowley, whom he married in 1719. Several armorial services painted in ‘famille verte’ enamels and with Chinese motifs in underglaze blue are known. The ‘famille verte’ colour scheme went out of fashion soon after this service was made, with the introduction of a rose-pink enamel at the very end of the Kangxi period. Other pieces from this service are in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, no. 410), and in the Cooke collection (Howard, 1974, p. 217).
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