A scalloped sauce boat Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks" Qianlong period (1736-1795) small chips, minor fault on the glaze, small hairlines, wear on decoration Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 10 x 21,5 x 10,5 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; VEIGA, Jorge Getúlio - "Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, p. 199, no. 171; and and RIGO, André Luíz - "A mesa do rei - a porcelana de Dom João VI, Rei de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves". Videira (SC): Êxito - Editora e Comunicação, 2022, pp. 38-47.