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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, LONDON] TWO SETS OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE 'DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE' CUPS AND SAUCERS
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清雍正 外銷粉彩紋章紋杯盞（兩對）
each saucer painted with a double-headed eagle with outspread wings standing on rockwork surrounded by large peony blooms borne on leafy tendrils, the cups similarly decorated (4)
Dimensions
diameters: cups 7.2cm each; plates 11.4cm each
Provenance
Private English collection, London
英格蘭私人收藏，倫敦
Footnote
The double-headed eagle is also known as the Habsburg eagle, it is the emblem of the Spanish Catholic Order of St. Augustine. It symbolises the union of the imperial dignity of the Holy Roman Empire (the Habsburg empire) with the Spanish Monarchy. The Spanish Augustinians were established in Manila in the 15th century, and soon after in Macao, Mexico and India, during which time they made their first of several expeditions to China. Numerous Chinese porcelains made their way from the Spanish outpost in Manila to Acapulco during the great eras of the 'Manila galleon trade', defined by J. Mudge as 1573-1620, and again in the late 17th century (Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, New York, 1986, p. 71). See a blue and white jar with the emblem of the Order of Saint Augustine, dated to ca. 1575–1600, is in the Metropolitan Museum, object no: 2016.166.1