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Chinese export armorial porcelain charger, ca. 1725. The center with the large, bold coat of arms of a black lion on gilt surrounded by a Baroque cartouche. All reserved on a plain ground. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, "Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Chinese Works of Art From the Collection of the Late Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh," 19 October 2000, Lot 282; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Exhibition: Virginia Museum, 1981-2. Reference: Howard & Ayers, "China for the West," Vol. II, pg. 411-2, no. 411. Lot Essay: While these arms have been recorded for the Welsh families of Vaughan of Carbery and Pryse of Gogerddam, they could equally be for that of a Continental family. The family of le Dean of Anjou and Birttany also bears this coat of arms. Diameter: 14 in.
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