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An Extremely Rare Qianlong wine cooler, D. António Caetano Luís de Sousa Service, ca. 1740


Estimate

15.000 - 20.000


Session 2

25 June 2014



Description

Chinese export porcelain
Lilac decorated, fluted body with scalloped rim and relief handles
Floral frieze and coat-of-arms of D.António Caetano Luís de Sousa, 4th Marquês das Minas, 7th Conde do Prado and great-great grandson of D.Francisco de Sousa, Governor of Bahia in 1591 and discoverer of the first Brazilian gold mines
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, ca. 1740
(restored)

19x24 cm


Category

Porcelain


Additional Information

Bibliography: Castro, Nuno de, "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império", p. 133.



Closed Auction