A Chinese Imari Dish

Decorated in the centre with the arms of Van Gellicum

Kangxi/Yongzheng E18thC

Diameter; 10 1/4″ (26.0 cm)

Condition; wear to gilding on rim

Shallow chip 0.25 cm to the underside

Harmen van Gillicum was quarter-master on four vessels sailing on behalf of the Dutch East India Company

to Canton between 1728 and 1736