A Pair of Octagonal Dishes Chinese export porcelain polychrome ad gilt decoration "Peacocks" Qianlong period (1736-1795) small chips Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 21,5 cm Notes: similar decoration to one of the tableware that belonged to the King D. José I of Portugal and that his grandson 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 Vargas-"Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, page 199, no. 171.