A PORTUGESE MARKET COMMEMORATIVE PLATE
Circa 1898
Painted with a large carrack and two small caravels sailing on a blue sea, the royal arms of Dom Carlos I above and an encircling iron-red belt inscribed QUARTO CENTENARIO DO DESCOBRIMENTO DA INDIA
9in. (24.8cm.) diameter
Lot Essay
Made to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the Portugese discovery of India. See N. de Castro, op. cit., p. 253.
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