Large porcelain dish with coat-of-arms decoration for the Po - Lot 99

Large porcelain dish with coat-of-arms decoration for the Portuguese market (Dom Luis Peregrino de Ataide). China. Kangxi period (1662-1722), circa 1720 Commissioned for Dom Luis Peregrino de Ataide (1700-1755), 10th Count of Atouguia, advisor to King John V of Portugal, Governor and Captain General of the Algarve, 6th Viceroy of Brazil from 1749 to 1755. In 1720, he married Clara de Assis Mascarenhas, daughter of Fernando Mascarenhas, Count of Óbidos. Several commissions bearing this coat of arms are recorded, with variations in the surrounding decor, but always in a similar vein. This is the third. This type of decoration, with its winged sphinxes and draperies, may have been inspired by the creations of Jean Berain (1640- 1711) and was very popular in the early 18th century. DIAMETER 27 CM