A pair of scalloped sauce boats Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks" Qianlong period (1736-1795) wear to the gilt Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 8 x 26 x 9 cm Notes: identical decoration 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". Lisbon: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 274; and VEIGA, Jorge Getúlio - "Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, p. 199, no. 171.