A pair of Chinese porcelain serving platters from the East India Company, 18th century, known as the D. João VI or Peacocks service. Qianlong reign (1736–1795)
A pair of Chinese porcelain platters from the East India Company, 18th century, known as the Service of King John VI or the Peacock Service. Polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels, with a central composition featuring a rockery, two peacocks, and floral branches, and a border with a floral frieze. Qianlong reign (1736–1795).
Era / Note
The Peacock Service (or Double Peacock Service) is an iconic pattern of Chinese export porcelain from the Qianlong reign. Produced to order for Europe (c. 1750–1795), about 20,000 pieces were made, of which around 5,000 survive. It was used by the Portuguese royal family and brought to Brazil by King João VI in 1808, being used at the Paço de São Cristóvão and Santa Cruz Imperial Farm. After the Proclamation of the Republic, it was dispersed through auctions in 1890. The pattern — featuring peacocks, peonies en famille rose and green enamels and a floral-fleur-de-lis border — became especially valuable in Portugal, Brazil and England, even being copied by Spode in 1813.
A pair of Chinese porcelain serving platters from the East India Company, 18th century, known as the D. João VI or Peacocks service. Qianlong reign (1736–1795)
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Product details
SKU
94/3728
Origin
China
Materials
Porcelain
Condition
Good
Width (cm)
31.0
Depth (cm)
23.0