
A Large Chinese Blue and White Plate
Well decorated with a scene of two boys on a terrace being watched by adults
Within a border of ladies at ease among rocks and trees
The base with a large floral mark
Kangxi L17thC
Diameter: 10″ (25.5 cm)
Condition: frits, small chips to rim, crazing to glaze on base
There are Armorial plates with the same floral decoration to the base and a similar border
With the arms of Johannes Camphuijs of Haarlem to the centre, C1690
Which are some of the earliest private orders of porcelain with Dutch coats of arms
(Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market: Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, Zwolle, 2007, cat. no. 1a, b.)