A PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1770

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A PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1770
The arms of Sebastio Xavier da Gama Lobo in the center within an octagonal pink diaper rim and a well festooned with floral garlands
8in. (22.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

N. de Castro, op. cit., p. 119, relates that the service was ordered through Diogo Fernandes Salema Saldanha, Governor of Macao and uncle of da Gama Lobo's wife. Family archives show that the porcelain arrived in Portugal in 1770

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