A rechaud (chafing dish) Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks" Qianlong period (1736-1795) wear to the glaze, slight wear to the gilt Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 4,5 x 28 x 24,5 cm Notes: decoration identical to one of the tableware that belonged to King D. José I and that King D. João VI took to Brazil, which was in the Real Fazenda de Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro - vd. CASTRO, Nuno de - "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império - Portugal/Brasil". Lisboa: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 274; e VEIGA, Jorge Getúlio - "Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brasilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, p. 199, nº 171.