A Scalloped Sweet-Plate Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration with the coat of arms of Joaquim Inácio da Cruz Sobral - 1st service (overlapping) Qianlong period (1736-1795) small chips, slight wear on decoration Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 20 cm Notes: Vd. CASTRO, Nuno - "Chinese porcelain at the time of the Empire - Portugal/Brazil". Lisbon: ACD Editors, 2007, page 169; SANTOS, A. Varela - "Portugal in Chinese porcelain: 500 years of trade", Lisbon: Artemágica, 2010, vol. IV, pages 1090 to 1097; and DIAS, Pedro - "Portuguese Heraldry in Qing Chinese porcelain". Lisbon: Macao Foundation, 2014, pages 192 to 205.