Covered sugar bowl in porcelain with armorial decoration for - Lot 70

Covered sugar bowl in porcelain with armorial decoration for the French market (Masson de Meslay). China. Period Qianlong (1736-1795), circa 1765 Provenance: J.M. Béalu et Fils, 3 rue du Bac, 75007 Paris Decorated in famille rose enamels, painted with gilded floral garlands, or polychrome and molded, the Masson de Meslay arms in the center, Azure, on a chevron Or (here Argent), between in chief two roses tiger of the same and in base a can of Argent. The commission is attributed either to Antoine-Lambert Masson de Meslay (1696-1779), who returned from Spain in 1730 after having made his fortune in Cadiz, and titled Count de Meslay in 1737, was President of the Chambre des Comptes de Paris; or more probably to his son, Jérôme-Pelagie Masson de Meslay (1742-1798), magistrate, President of the Chambre des Comptes de Paris and musician. Paris, musician. In 1771, the latter married Laurence Magon de La Balue, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Magon de la Balue, banker to the Comte d'Artois, court banker and fermier général, from a powerful family of Saint-Malo shipowners. Size: 15 cm x 11 cm