Details
A 'VISTA GRANDE' PLATE
CIRCA 1810
The center painted with gentlemen fishing by the banks of a river before a mountain, two Chinese figures on the other side of the bank, within a gilt roundel, the rim with a peach-ground band with black and gilt scrollwork motifs
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
with Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge
Literature
D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, pp. 104-105, pl. 100

Lot Essay

It has been recorded that this service was purchased by King John VI of Portugal and Brazil (1769-1826) and was formerly in the Imperial estate at Santa Cruz. For a further discussion see D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, pp. 104-105, pl. 100.

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