A rare Chinese blue and white armorial charger,
early 18th century, painted with a buffalo underneath a pine tree in a watery landscape, the rim painted with sprigs of flowers and an eagle crest, the border trimmed during manufacture,
43.6cm, diameter

Literature: See Howard Sanctuary, 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', p.968 - 'This is a remarkable soft paste service with very white glaze and with the painting in underglaze blue. This is the only soft paste armorial porcelain known which, could have been for the British market (except replacements) although a very few others pieces are known to have been made for the continental market'.

清十八世纪初 青花牧牛图徽章纹大盘