Porcelain plate with armorial decoration for the French mark - Lot 68

Porcelain plate with armorial decoration for the French market (Bretagne, Danycan de l'Épine). China. Yongzheng period (123-1735), circa 1725-1730 Decorated in famille rose enamels, the wing is painted with the motif of the collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit with peony sprays. The cavetto is punctuated by four cartouches with incense burners or an opposing double "L" motif inspired by King Louis XV's commission, on a honeycomb background. In the center, the arms of Danycan, Azure, a world Or, supported by a vol and surmounted by a mullet Or (here Argent). The commission was for Noe?l II Danycan de l'E?pine (1656- 1735), a famous sailor and shipowner from Saint-Malo, former privateer under Louis XIV, founder of the Compagnie des mers du sud, and founder of the Compagnie des mines de Bretagne. of Brittany. He was one of the wealthiest men in France, lending Louis XIV the considerable sum of fourteen million pounds in 1709. His son, Noe?l III Danycan de Landivisiau (1686-1730) was general commissioner of the Bank and the Compagnie des Indes from 1720 to 1721, inspector of the Company from 1723 to 1730, maître des requêtes ordinaires de l'Hôtel du roi, councillor at the Parlement de Paris member of the Conseil du Commerce, Intendant du Commerce, and General Manager of the Paris Opera.