Estimate

400 - 600

Session 1

9 December 2015

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting Ataíde coat-of-arms flanked by intricate floral decoration and two baskets with flowers
Daoguang Period, ca. 1850
(chips and hairline)

Diam.: 14 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Note:
Some authors attribute the services bearing this coat-of-arms to the Italian Marini family; wealthy family linked to the shipping business.
According David Howard and John Ayers this arms are those depicted in Pietro Marini Ex-Libris, who lived in the mid-18th century and was a notable member of the family.
These authors argue that, although some Portuguese crests depicts relief or banded bulls there's no news of a crest depicting the two characteristics simultaneously, for that they consider impossible to attribute the services to a Portuguese family.
Denying this theory Nuno de Castro refers a pillory at Atouguia da Baleia where the Ataíde arms are depicted alongside a bull, further arguing that a service of this dimension may well served direct family of D. Luís Peregrino de Ataíde.

Literature:
Nuno Castro, "A Porcelana Chinesa e os Brasões do Império", p. 230;
A. Varela Santos, "Portugal na Porcelana da China, 500 Anos de Comércio", vol III, pp. 959-962; David Howard, John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. II, pp. 450-451.