Description
Chinese export Portuguese market armorial porcelain charger, Kangxi ca. 1720. With the coat of arms of Ataide flanked by recumbent bulls. Strapwork border in famille verte with mythological male and female masks.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, "Important Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection," 30 January 1985, Lot 272; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.
Exhibition: Virginia Museum, 1981-2.
Lot Essay:
The arms have been disputed with some ascribing them to the Italian family of Marini while others believe it was made for the Portuguese family Ataide. It is generally considered now that they were made for D. Luis Peregrino de Ataide - 10th Count of Atouguia and Counsel to King John V - who married Clara de Assis Mascarenhas in 1920, daughter to Fernando Mascarenhas, count of Obidos.
Diameter: 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, "Important Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection," 30 January 1985, Lot 272; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.
Exhibition: Virginia Museum, 1981-2.
Lot Essay:
The arms have been disputed with some ascribing them to the Italian family of Marini while others believe it was made for the Portuguese family Ataide. It is generally considered now that they were made for D. Luis Peregrino de Ataide - 10th Count of Atouguia and Counsel to King John V - who married Clara de Assis Mascarenhas in 1920, daughter to Fernando Mascarenhas, count of Obidos.
Diameter: 18 1/2 in.
Condition
The plate has been broken into approximately 10 pieces and reattached. A few areas of filled losses along the cracks. Light wear to the footrim.
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Chinese Export Portuguese Market Armorial Charger
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Leo & Doris Hodroff Chinese Export Collection
Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 AM ESTSt. Paul, MN, United States
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