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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY

A FAMILLE ROSE PART DOUBLE-PEACOCK PATTERN DINNER SERVICE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The service comprises a set of twelve dinner plates, a set of eight soup plates, two circular serving dishes, five oblong serving dishes, a salt cellar, a pair of sauce-boats and a small tureen with two stands. It is decorated with two peacocks standing on rocks in a flower garden.
The largest oblong serving dish 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide
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Dinner services decorated with the elegant pattern of two peacocks are claimed to be designed for King Joao VI of Portugal (1767-1826) who brought the service with him to Brazil when he became the country's emperor in 1825. The design is still in demand today. Several pieces with the double-peacock pattern were sold with Christie's, see for example a pair of large basins and dishes, Christie's London, 30 September 2014, lot 66.

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