Estimate

38.000 - 45.000

Session 2

25 June 2014

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting peonies and scrolls at the tab
At the centre the Távora coat-of-arms. The arms are those of D.Francisco de Assis de Távora, 3rd Conde de Alvor and Marquês de Távora by marriage
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, ca. 1752
(restoration to the tab and chips)

Diam.: 29,5 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Note: D.Francisco de Assis de Távora and his whole family were accused and arrested after being pointed as the head of a conspiration against King D. José I in 1758. Denying all the charges the entire family was violently executed and all Távora estate destroyed.
In 1781 the family was acquitted by the Queen D.Maria I

Bibliography: Castro, Nuno de, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", p. 142; Guedes, Rui (Org.), "Companhia das Índias", p. 97.