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A RARE CHARLES IV PROCLAMATION
CHILD’S COFFEE POT AND A COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790
Of lighthouse form, fnely enameled with
a medallion showing Minerva seated by a
bookshelf, a coat-of-arms leaning to her side
and inscribed ‘IN*OSLEM*INAUG*MEX*
ACAD*EX*CUR*AN*1790’
4¡ in. (11.1 cm.) high (2)
$7,000-10,000
PROVENANCE
Anonymous sale, Christie’s New York,
23 January 2008, lot 195.
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Part of an interesting group of fve services,
apparently ordered on the occasion of King
Charles IV’s accession to the Spanish throne
in 1788. The decoration here is after a medal
struck as the prize for a literary contest at
the Royal University of Mexico to celebrate
the occasion.

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A CHARLES IV PROCLAMATION PLATTER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1792
Enameled with a central medallion,
inscription ‘EN SU EXALTACION AL
TRONO LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO’ and
dated ‘EN 27 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1789’,
after a medal in the series made to celebrate
the 1788 proclamation of Charles IV as
King of Spain.
14 in. (37.7 cm.) wide 183
$10,000-15,000
Commissioned by Mexico City and
showing the arms of the city.

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A CHARLES IV PROCLAMATION PLATTER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1792
Enameled with the arms of the city of Puebla
de Los Angeles, modern day Puebla, Mexico,
after a medal in the series commissioned to
commemorate the proclamation of Charles IV
as King of Spain in 1788
13º in. (33.7 cm.) wide
$8,000-12,000

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