A Pair of Soup Plates Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks" Qianlong period (1736-1795) one with hairline Notes: similar decoration to one of the tableware that belonged to the King D. José I of Porugal and that his gradson King D. João VI took to Brazil, which was at the Royal Farm of Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro - vd. CASTRO, Nuno - "Chinese porcelain at the time of the Empire - Portugal/Brazil". Lisbon: ACD Editors, 2007, page 274; and VEIGA, Jorge Getúlio - "Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, page 199, no. 171.