Chinese Export Armorial Shallow Bowl, c. 1765

Chinese Export porcelain shallow bowl, made for the Spanish trade and decorated with the arms of Aguado de Las Marismas.

China c. 1765
8.75" diameter

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Condition: Two line cracks at 5:00, one 1.25", the other .75" See photo.

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See Antoine Lebel, "Armoiries francaises et suisses sur la porcelaine de Chine au XVIII siecle", 2009, p.237.

The unusual motto, "Nigra Sum Sed" translates, "I am black, but pretty."

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