Pair of Dutch Market small Chinese Export armorial sauce tureens, covers and stands, each piece decorated with the arms of van Tets and Hartingh in the Meissen style.

China c. 1767-1769
Platter: 5.25" x 7.5"

PRICE: $4,500 pr. 

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Condition: Wonderful condition- no chips cracks or repairs.

Arnoldus Ardianus van Tets (1738- 1792) married Wilhelmina Jacoba Hartingh (1750-1813) in Batavia (present day Jakarta) in 1767. This service was made to commemorate their wedding. They returned to Holland two years later, in 1769, presumably taking this service with them.

See
David Sanctuary Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader : The Private Market in Chinese Export Procelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection. Zwemmer, 1994, p. 137, no 144.

Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain For the Dutch Market. Waanders ; ACC Distribution [distributor], 2007, pp. 347-348, no 266.