Yongzheng period (1723-35), circa 1732, porcelain plate hand painted in polychrome enamels with the coat of arms of Ross family, decorated along the rim with arabesque style floral sprays alternating with compass roses, gilt linked border to interior.

9 1/8 in diameter

Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Peter Mack Brown, Washington.

Illustrated in Howard, David S. Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 1974: London, Farber and Farber, Ltd., p. 226.

This set may have been made for Sir Ross of Halkhead in 1731 to celebrate his final marriage at age 75.

Hairline and restoration to the rim, minor flake at the edge.