CHINA Compagnie des Indes Pair of round porcelain... Lot 503

CHINA Compagnie des Indes Pair of round porcelain plates decorated in the famille rose style with the coat of arms of Jacques I Gérard de Knyff 18th century D.: 23 cm (tiny enamel chips, cracks, slight differences in enamel colors) Bibliography: - H. Maertens de Noordhout, Porcelaines chinoises décorées d'armoiries belges, 1997, similar model reproduced pp. 100-101 Jacques I Gérard de Knyff (1681-1756) was Burgomaster of Antwerp, appointed Knight of the Holy Roman Empire in 1719. In 1724, after the death of his wife, he retired and became a graduated canon of Antwerp Cathedral.