An octogonal tureen Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks", carved handles "Boar's heads", carved "Pomegranate" cover finial Qianlong period (1736-1795) small chips and minor faults on the glaze Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 19 x 34 x 28 cm Notes: decoration similar to one of the tableware that belonged to King D. José I and that King D. João VI took to Brazil, which was located at the Royal Estate of Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 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 Brazxilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, p. 199, nº 171.