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A pair of Chinese Portuguese market blue, white and gilt armorial teacups and saucers, circa 1740-1750
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A pair of Chinese Portuguese market blue, white and gilt armorial teacups and saucers, circa 1740-1750

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A pair of Chinese Portuguese market blue, white and gilt armorial teacups and saucers, circa 1740-1750
each painted and gilt with an oval cartouche framed by a dot pattern, enclosing a coat-of-arms comprising an ecclessiastical hat suspending tassels above a lion, the saucers decorated with a dart pattern encircling the well, all with a quatrefoil band below the interior rim -- saucers 5 7/16in. (13.8cm.) diam, cups 4 1/8in. (10.4cm.) wide. (2)
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Lot Essay

The arms are probably those of Dom Lums de Castelo Branco Correia e Cunha (1683-1749), 4th Count of Pombeiro, who pursued an ecclesiastical career for much of his life. See N. de Castro, Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, Opporto, 1988, p.84, for a tureen and cover.

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