A chafing plate Chinese export porcelain polychrome and gilt decoration "Mysterious Urn", reserve with monogram Jiaqing period (1796-1820) Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 28 cm Notes: the medallion reproduces an engraving published in France in 1793 entitled "L'Urne Mystérieuse," which depicts Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flanking the Urn in negative, surmounted by their children, the Dauphin (future Louis XVII) and Madame Royale (Duchess of Angoulême). - vd. HOWARD, David; AYERS, John - “China for the West - Chinese Porcelain and other decorative arts export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection”. London: Sotheby Park Barnet, 1978, vol. I, p. 247, nº 242; e MÉZIN, Louis - "Cargaisons de Chine - Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musée de Lorient". Lorient: Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, 2002, p. 181, nº 152