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Macao on the King of Portugal’s Dinner Service

Posted: October 1st, 2024 | No Comments »

Two armorial dishes enameled with a coat-of-arms and the inscription ‘PALACIO DO GOVERNO DE MACAU’ and gilt exotic bird motifs…These dishes are from one of four Chinese services which were made for King Dom Luís I, King of Portugal (1838-1889), who reigned from 1861.



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