A double band of flowers and foliage scroll and at the centre a large coat-of-arms of the Ginori family, enamelled in a vivid deep cobalt blue; the Artemisia centred symbol in the backside of the dish. In very good conditions, minor fritting and flakes on the backside of the rim.28 cm diam., 3 cm highA RARE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ARMORIAL GINORI DISH, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURYProvenance: from the inheritance of Lorenzo Ginori and thence by descendNote: Export licence available.A similar one sold at Christie's, lot 219 in 2003 and Bonhams, lot 21 in 2004