A CHINESE PORCELAIN LARGE ARMORIAL MEAT DISH

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785-1790, FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET

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A CHINESE PORCELAIN LARGE ARMORIAL MEAT DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785-1790, FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET
The oval dish enamelled and gilt at the centre with the coat-of-arms and coronet of Dom Henrique de Meneses surrounded by blue enamel and gilt borders at the well and rim
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) wide

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The arms are those of Dom Henrique de Meneses (1727-1787), 3rd Marquis of Louriçal, who was a Gentleman of the bedchamber to Queen Maria I, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Turin and Rome from 1779 until 1781, and Ambassador to Madrid in 1785. (A. Varela Santos, Portugal in Porcelain from China: 500 Years of Trade, volume IV, 2010, pp. 1244-1248).

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