Rare Chinese Export Platter for the Portuguese Market c. 1770

Inventory Number: : 230-128

Price: $ 7,500

13 1/4 ins wide and 10 1/2 ins deep

DESCRIPTION

Decorated to the rim with a wavy band of colorful, festooned flowers, a gilt band of spearheads surrounding a very detailed armorial for a noble of the Royal House of Portugal. The quartered arms of 1. Sousa do Prado, 2. Coutinho 3. Falcao 4. Figueiredo with an escutcheon for Saldanha the arms of Antonio de Sonsa Falcao de Saldanha, a confident of Jose I who reigned for 1750-1777.

Chinese for the Portuguese Market