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

PRICE: $850  

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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."