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A Rare pair of Qianlong soup plates, D.Manuel Bernardo de Melo e Castro Service, ca. 1770


Estimate

10.000 - 15.000


Session 2

25 June 2014



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration
Scalloped rim decorated with flowers and green and rouge-de-fer friezes
Centre depicting coat-of-arms of D.Manuel Bernardo de Melo e Castro (grandson of the 4th Conde das Galveias)
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, ca. 1770
(one with minor chips)

Diam.: 23 cm


Category

Porcelain


Additional Information

Bibliography: Calvão (coord.), João Rodrigues, "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastias Ming e Qing", Fundação Oriente, p. 229; Castro, Nuno de, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", p. 155; Dreyfus, Jenny, "Louça da Aristocracia no Brasil", pp. 121 e 122.



Closed Auction