18th century, porcelain center bowl hand painted in polychrome enamels with a family crest of three bull heads on blue ground and topped by a bull's head with spear through the neck, decorated along the exterior rim with gilt ruyi head border, the interior rim has delicate gilt flora and leaf border, the well is decorated with iron red goldfish.


4 1/8 in., 9 in. diameter

Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Collected by the consignor and her husband with the guidance of David Sanctuary Howard, who literally wrote the book on Chinese Armorial porcelain. The couple began collecting during the 1970s from galleries and auction houses across Europe and the United States, and even from Howard himself. This collection is a very special offering of some rare and wonderful pieces collected over a lifetime with great care and passion.

Hairline to rim; extensive repairs and restoration.