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Three armorial plates (© Tredegar House)
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© Tredegar House

Three armorial plates

Artist: Qianlong (1711 - 1799)

Location: Tredegar House

Date: 1775 - 1780

Materials: porcelain

Dimensions: 23 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £538 (Total: £2,150)

Vendor: Heirloom & Howard

Review number: 3992 (1993)

Provenance:
Tredegar House; John Harshall Briley; Sotheby's, New York 28-31 January 1993, lot 386.

Description:
Pair of soup plates, Ch'ien Lung c.1775, and dinner plate, Ch'ien Lung c.1780. In the centres are the arms of Morgan impaling Wharton, painted in grisaille, blue, iron-red & worn gold within a gilt husk-edged shield.

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