A pair of Cantonese armorial dishes painted and gilt with central roundels of boats below coronets within the title 'Quarto centenario Do Descombrimento Da India', all on grounds of birds and butterflies among fruiting branches and flowersprays below cartouches of precious objects -- 9 7/8in. (25cm) diam, (one damaged, one with slight enamel rubbing). See Illustration. (2)