Estimate

20.000 - 25.000

Session 1

6 October 2014

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration, bearing D. Luis Peregrino de Ataíde coat-of-arms at the centre; framed by profuse decoration with flowers, leaves and scrolls, flanked by bulls
Tab with frieze depicting flowers and leaves interspersed with masks (6th Service)
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Reign, ca. 1720

Diam.: 46,5 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Bibliography: Castro, Nuno de, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", p. 115.

Some authors attribute the services bearing this coat-of-arms to the Italian Marini family, a wealthy family connected to the merchant navy. According to David Howard and John Ayers, this coat- of-arms is depicted in Pietro Marini de Barnabitas Ex-Libris, who was a promient figure of the family that lived in the mid-18th century. Althought it is possible to find Portuguese coat-of-arms with the salient bull crest and with the coat exclusively bendy, it is unknown any coat-of-arms flanked by the two crests, considering the authors, therefore, not possible to assign these services to a Portuguese family.