Live Auction 21109The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'CANTON FAMILLE ROSE' ARMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE PLATES
Lot 133

A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'CANTON FAMILLE ROSE' ARMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE PLATES

GUANGXU PERIOD, CIRCA 1898

Closed19 October 2023

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'CANTON FAMILLE ROSE' ARMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE PLATES
GUANGXU PERIOD, CIRCA 1898
Made to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first encounter between China and Portuguese explorers, each painted in the center with three merchant ships encircled by a belt inscribed QUARTO CENTENARIO DO DESCOBRIMENTO DA INDIA beneath the crowned arms of King Carlos I of Portugal, all within colorful enameled borders
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter

Acquired from Earle D. Vandekar, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981.

Specialist note

N. de Castro, Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, Porto, 1988, p. 253 illustrates a plate from this service, which was made for the anniversary of Vasco da Gama's famous 1497-1499 journey. One of Vasco da Gama's ships, whose name is unknown, was abandoned at the Cape of Good Hope, and therefore shown on the present lot are the São Gabriel, the Berrio, and the São Rafael, which successfully completed the journey.