CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
(49) total pieces, each plate decorated with different court figural scenes encircled with panels of birds and insects among flowers on a ground of dragons pursuing flaming pearls.
covered teapot (chipped and fritted spout); oval covered butter tub with underplate, (7) plates, 9", (10) tea bowls (two bowls with tiny rim flakes cracked) with (10) underplates (two plates differ slightly), (10) handled coffee cups with (8) underplates (one with large rim chip)
This service belonged to Maria Amelia Salusse Teixeira da Costa who was married to Colonel Manoel Jose Teixeira da Costa. She was the daughter of Guillaurme Marius Salusse who was an officer in Napoleon's navy. After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, he entered the French Merchant Marine and came to Brazil on an official mission. Having resigned command of his ship he moved inland to Nova Friburgo where he married Marianna Iose, a native of Confevre, Delemont.
Prov: Sotheby's, London, the Export collection of Getulio Veiga, October 31, 1989; purchased from Polly Latham/William Strole, Boston 1990 to the present.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Realized: $15,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 138 : CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
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