AN IMPORTANT ROYAL PORTUGUESE ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1730

Details

AN IMPORTANT ROYAL PORTUGUESE ARMORIAL PLATE
circa 1730
Painted in underglaze blue and gilt in fine detail, the coat-of-arms and crown precisely enamelled at the rim, tiny rim chips
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Basileo da Costa Gomes, Brazil

Literature

N. Castro, Chinese Porcelain and Heraldry of the Empire, 1988, p.76 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The coat-of-arms is that of João V, King of Portugal, who reigned from 1706 to 1742. Another plate from this service is included in the Fundaa Oriente, Lisbon, 1998 exhibition, Caminhos da Porcelana (The Porcelain Route), Catalogue no.17, p.168.

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