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A pair of Chinese Imari-style armorial plates with the arms of Walker for the English market, Kangxi, ca. 1712

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This lot was sold on 2025-06-19 and is no longer available

Dia.: 21,7 cm

Most likely commissioned for Dr. William Walker of Hertfordshire, Doctor of Laws and Judge Advocate. The ‘Chinese Imari’ service, created for his friend Lord Somers—who served as Solicitor General, Attorney General, and later Lord Chancellor—erroneously bears the Walker sun crest. Refer to D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, pp. 38, 73, and 177.

Ref.: 
- Christie's New York, 17 January 2019, lot 498 for a barber's bowl from this service. (sold USD 2.750,00) (link)
- See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, pp. 38, 73 and 177.

Condition report:
(UV-checked)
- Both plates are generally in very good condition, with two small restored superficial chips on the rim of each.

品相報告:(已用紫外線光檢查)
- 兩個盤子的整體品相皆非常良好,口沿各有兩個小的飛皮修復。