Pair of porcelain plates with armorial decoration for the Be - Lot 93

Pair of porcelain plates with armorial decoration for the Belgian market (Knyff). China. Yongzheng period (1723-1735), circa 1734 Decorated in famille rose enamels, with rich gilding and silvering, with the arms of Jacobus-Gerardus de Knyff, surmounted by a helmet and framed by two lions carrying standards. Jacobus-Gerardus de Knyff (1681 - 1762) was burgomaster of Antwerp, and was created a knight of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Charles VI in 1719. After his wife's death in 1724, he retired and became a canon of Antwerp Cathedral. See Henry Maertens de Noordhout, Porcelaines chinoises décorées d'Armoires belges, 1997, pp. 100-101 for a dish from this service in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. Size: 23 cm