Les Porcelaines Chinoises Du Palais De Santos

The Santos Palace in Lisbon, now the headquarters of the French Embassy in Portugal, contains a small square room with a pyramid-shaped gilded wooden roof, on which nearly three hundred Chinese porcelain dishes and plates, mostly decorated in white and blue, are hung.

This catalogue raisonné of this unique collection of Chinese porcelain illustrates the history of ceramic production in China from the early 16th century to the late 18th century and its trade with Europe.