CHINA Porcelain plate with grisaille decoration, of a central scene representing an allegory of marriage in a temple with colonnades surmounted by a coat of arms. Under the dome is placed the motto "SEMPER AMOR PRO TE FIRMISSIMUS ATQUE FIDELIS". In the foreground, Neptune and nymphs emerging from the reeds. The wing is decorated with gold scrolls. Yongzheng period, (1723-1735) circa 1735. D. 22,7cm Restored The arms are those of Nicholas Geelvinck, future mayor of Amsterdam, and Johanna Jacoba Graafland. They were married in 1729. This decoration appears on at least six known armorial services, all intended for Dutch families and offered as wedding gifts: only the coat of arms changed. A plate from the Geelvinck/Graafland service reproduced by Hervouët & Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 316, fig. 13.87 & 87bis.