A set of seven scalloped soup plates Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration on a brown background «Night» Qianlong period (1736-1795) 18th C. chips, faults on the rim glaze, two with hairlines, wear on decoration Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 23,4 cm Notes: vd. AYERS, John - "China for the West, Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection". London and New York City: Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 1978, Vol. II, p. 550, ilust. 567. Plate with the same decoration was part of the exhibition "Portugal and Porcelain", held in 1994-1995, being represented in the respective catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 56, nº 59 and image at the end.