A plate Chinese export porcelain Blue decoration... Lot 31

A plate Chinese export porcelain Blue decoration of central armorial shield for Manuel Álvares Pinto framed by Greek key border Gadrooned and scalloped lip of profuse foliage decorated frames and geometric motifs to rim Flowering branches and foliage decoration to back Kangxi reign, ca. 1690 (minor losses to rim glaze) Literature: João Rodrigues Calvão (coord.), "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastia Ming e Qing, Fundação Oriente, pp. 204-205; Nuno Castro, "A Porcelana Chinesa e os Brasões do Império", p. 42; Rui Guedes (org.), "Companhia das Índias", p. 23; David Howard, John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. I, p.63; Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos, "Cerâmica da China - Colecção RA", vol.III, pp. 14-15. Diam.: 21,5 cm