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A Kangxi armorial vase with cover for the Portuguese market, 1715-1720
Estimate
20.000 - 30.000
Session 2
29 April 2014
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Cobalt-blue decoration depicting floral motifs and D.Pedro de Lancastre Silverira Valente Castelo Branco Vasconcelos Barreto e Meneses coat-of-arms
Conical foot and neck decorated with rodents and vine leaves; the body and foot united by molded ring decorated in relief
Scalloped cover with four cartouches depicting flowers
Base bearing lingzhi, mushroom of immortality
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, c. 1715-1720
(chips, cover of later date with with broken handle and defects at the back)
Height: 20,5 cm
Category
Porcelain
Additional Information
Bibliography: Calvão, João Rodrigues (coord.), "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastia Ming e Qing, Fundação Oriente, pp. 210-211; Castro, Nuno, "A Porcelana Chinesa e os Brasões do Império", p. 51; Guedes, Rui (org.), "Companhia das Índias", p. 27; Matos, Maria Antónia Pinto de, "Cerâmica da China - Colecção RA", vol. III, pp. 26-29.
Closed Auction