A sauce tureen Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Flowers" with coat of arms of Joaquim Inácio da Cruz Sobral (1725-1781) - 1st service (carnations) Qianlong period (1736-1795) hairline, wear to the gilt Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 12 x 16 x 11 cm Notes: Nuno de Castro collection. Reproduced in CASTRO, Nuno de - "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império - Portugal/Brasil". Lisbon: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 169. Vd. similar specimens in SANTOS, A. Varela - "Portugal na Porcelana da China - 500 Anos de Comércio" - vol. III. Lisbon: Artemágica, 2009, pp. 1090-1093; and DIAS, Pedro - "Heráldica Portuguesa na Porcelana da China Qing". Lisbon: Macau Foundation, 2014, p. 197.