Auction 103 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

600

A rare armorial teapot


Estimate

5.000 - 7.000


Session 3

10 December 2020



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration with Portuguese Royal armorial with Maltese cross
Qianlong reign, ca. 1780

13x22 cm


Category

Porcelain


Additional Information

This set was commissioned by Prince D.Pedro, later King Pedro III, uncle and husband to Queen Maria I. The prince was the 16th Prior of Crato the highest position in Portugal of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta).
Literature:Nuno de Castro, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", pp. 163-164; A. Varela Santos, "Portugal na Porcelana da China - 500 Anos de Comércio", vol II, capa e pp. 543 a 551



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