A Japanese Arita porcelain armorial porcelain dish

 

Circa 1850, the reverse marked Zoshuntei Sampo Zu

 

Diam. 23 cm

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The coat-of-arms in the centre belongs to Antoni Otto Herman baron Gansneb genaamd Tengnagel (Haarlem 1815 - The Hague 1878). Antoni in 1841 married Henriette Wilhelmina Catherina Baronesse Van Heekeren (Arnhem 1817-The Hague 1890) and in 1842 their only daughter Maria Johanna Gansneb genaamd Tengnagel was born. Antoni was Major General and aide-de-camp to the Dutch King. The Gansneb family was an old Gelderland and Overijssel province aristocratic family.