A pair of jardinieres with grilles Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration with coat of arms traditionally attributed to the Order of Saint Augustine - Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon Qianlong period (1736-1795) small restoration, later grilles, wear to the gilt Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 21 x 17,5 x 17,5 cm Notes: similar copies are part of the collection of Fundação Oriente, Lisbon (Invº 415 and 416) having been featured in the exhibition "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastias Ming e Qing", being represented in the respective catalogue. Lisbon: Fundação Oriente, 1998, pp. 194 and 195, fig.33. Vd. CASTRO, Nuno de - "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império, Portugal/Brasil". Lisbon: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 357; and DIAS, Pedro - "Heráldica Portuguesa na Porcelana da China Qing". Lisbon: Macau Foundation, 2014, pp. 364-367; and SANTOS, A. Varela - "Portugal na Porcelana da China - 500 Anos de Comércio". Lisbon: Artemágica, 2008, volume II, pp. 922 to 931, nº 4.07, where the aforementioned attribution is called into question.