Auction 112 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

549

A serving platter


Estimate

1.000 - 1.500


Session 3

14 December 2021



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Gilt and polychrome "night and day" decoration with flowers and stars
Lip with garlands and armorial shield for Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima Távora, Archbishop of Evora (1st dining set)
Qianlong reign, ca. 1770

31,5x37 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.



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