CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ARMORIAL PLATTER,circa 1830. Center painted with coat-of-arms of Bahadur II, the last Mughal Emperor of India; shield with Indian dagger below two fish on azure ground supported by cheetah and elephant above motto in Arabic: "Vizir of the Kingdoms, the Right of the State, Bahadur". Cavetto and border painted with Worcester pattern. - 7 3/4 in. long. Estimate $1,500-2,000
For a similar platter see Daniel Nadler "China to Order" ill. p.145, pl. 161. "This Prince...was on the throne from 1837 until 1858. Having joined the mutineers in Dehli in 1857, he was exiled by the British to Burma, where he died."
PROVENANCE: The Louise Werlin Collection, Maryland. Acquired from Philip Suval, Inc., in 1996
No chips and no hairlines, the gold of the rim is rubbed and the back of the dish has grey inclusions.
