A Chinese glass cooler for the French market with the coat of arms of the marquis de Visdelou de Bonamour. Qianlong period.
Decorated with the coat of arms of François-césar de Visdelou de Bonamour, seigneur de Liscouët.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795), circa 1765
- Material:
- Porcelaine
- Dimension:
- 3.54 in. (9.5 cm)
- Reference :
- B639
- Status:
- sold
Related works
This service is illustrated in Armoiries françaises et suisses sur la porcelaine de Chine au XVIII siècle, Brussels, 2009, p. 134
A dish, formerly in the collection of Dr Hervouët (Nantes, 16 Bd Guist’hau), is presently in the collection of the Musée de la Compagnie (France, Lorient, inventory number ML410 C260). This dish is also illustrated by Louis Mézin in Cargaisons de Chine, Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musée de Lorient, 2002, no. 141.
Notice
This service was ordered for François-César de Visdelou de Bonamour de Liscoët. He was captain of Navy, and married Marie-Madeleine Boshat d’Uzel.
