Lot Essay
From one of four services and a number of individually ordered pieces made for Francisco Jose de Sampaio Melo e Castro, eleventh Lord of Vila Flor and Governor and Viceroy of India 1720-23
CIRCA 1720
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A SMALL OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL DISH
circa 1720
With a large coat-of-arms of Sampaio/Melo in the center in Chinese Imari colors, the rim with panels of floral sprigs
3¾in. (9.5cm.) diam.
circa 1720
With a large coat-of-arms of Sampaio/Melo in the center in Chinese Imari colors, the rim with panels of floral sprigs
3¾in. (9.5cm.) diam.