Auction 77 Antiques & Works of Art

449

A cup and saucer


Estimate

4.000 - 6.000


Session 2

23 May 2018



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting Portugal's coat-of-arms and cross of Malta
Qianlong Period, ca. 1780
(saucer with slight chip)

6x8,5 cm (chávena) Diam.: 13 cm


Category

Porcelain


Additional Information

Commisioned by D. Pedro while Infante, later King D. Pedro III after marrying his niece the Queen D. Maria I (1777-1816).
D. Pedro was 16th Prior of Crato, the highest position at the Order of Malta in Portugal.



Closed Auction