A Chinese armorial plate for the French market (Monti de Rezé). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette with the coat of arms of Monti de Rezé to the center of plate.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795), circa 1765
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 8.85 in. (22.5 cm)
- Reference :
- C887b
- Status:
- sold
Related works
Two saucer dishes from this service are in the collections of the Musée du Château (Nantes).
Notice
This service was orderer for Louis de Monti, comte de Rezé. He was the son of Joseph-Claude de Monti, page de la grande écurie du roi, and of Madeline Jouault.
He married in 1764 Marie-Anne de la Roche-Saint-André, daughter of Jean, seigneur de la Brandaisière, enseigne de vaisseau du roi, and of Anne-Marie de Biré de la Malnoë. The Monti de Rezé family was originally of Florence, and was related to the Strozzi and the Médicis.
