Subasta Bidspirit | Bottle with lid and bowl

Bottle with lid and bowl commemorative of the Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of the Sea Route to India - Chinese export porcelain «Mandarin» polychrome and gilt decoration with coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal, surmounting a reserve ”Sea view with carracks” and listel “Quarto Centenário do Descobrimento da Índia” Guangxu period (1875-1908) hairline and restoration on the bowl, fault on both lid and glaze Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (garrafa) 37 cm; (bacia) 13,5 x 40,8 cm Notes: Nuno de Castro collection. Vd. similar examples in CASTRO, Nuno de - ”A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império - Portugal/Brasil”. Lisbon: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 245; and DIAS, Pedro - ”Heráldica Portuguesa na Porcelana da China Qing”. Lisbon: Macau Foundation, 2014, pp. 55-59.