Estimate

1.000 - 1.500

Session 1

21 October 2019

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Gilt and polychrome "night and day" decoration of flowers and stars
Garlanded lip with armorial for D.Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima Távora, Archbishop of Evora (2nd dinner set)
Qianlong reign, ca.1770
(hairline and minor chips)

Diam.: 23 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Literature:
João Rodrigues Calvão (coord.), "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastias Ming e Qing", p. 193;
Nuno de Castro, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", p. 162;
David Howard, John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. II, p. 549.