Rare pair of porcelain ointment boxes with armorial decorati - Lot 67

Rare pair of porcelain ointment boxes with armorial decoration for the French market (Bretagne, Trublet de la Villejegu). China. Qianlong period (1736-1795), circa 1750 Provenance: J.M. Béalu & Fils, Paris Decorated in famille rose enamels, with the wedding arms Trublet de la Villejegu, D'azur, au chevron d'argent, chargé de trois roses de gueules, and Montigny du Timeur, Argent, on a chevron Gules (here Azure), five escallops Or, between in chief two mullets Azure (here Gules), and in base a mount Azure (here Or) enflamed Gules. The commission was carried out for Michel Trublet de la Villejégu, born in Saint-Malo in 1713. He was captain of ships for the Compagnie des Indes in Lorient, and in particular commanded the Mascarin to China (1749-1751) and the Rouillé to Pondicherry (1753- 1754). He was advisor-secretary to the King and audiencier at the Chancellery of Brittany. Around 1744, he married Anne- Marguerite de Montigny du Timeur, daughter of Laurent-André, royal prosecutor of Lorient. One with restorations. Apocryphal mark Chenghua on the reverse of one. Diameter: 6.6 cm X 4.5 cm