Lot 180
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A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE, painted in the centre with three Portuguese ships within a band inscribed QUARTO CENTENARIO DO DESCOBRIMENTO DA INDIA, surmounted by the Royal arms of Dom Carlos I, within two rows of butterflies, ducks, fish and floral sprays (minute rim chip), 19th Century

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A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE, painted in the centre with three Portuguese ships within a band inscribed QUARTO CENTENARIO DO DESCOBRIMENTO DA INDIA, surmounted by the Royal arms of Dom Carlos I, within two rows of butterflies, ducks, fish and floral sprays (minute rim chip), 19th Century
24.9 cm. diam.

Lot Essay

A dish with a similar central medallion is illustrated by Nuno de Castro in Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, p. 253, these dishes have been made to commemorate the fourth centenary of the discovery of the sea route to India in 1498.

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