Description: A JIAQING PLATE - "BRILHANTE" Chinese export porcelain, Jiaqing period (1796-1820), decoration depicting the Portuguese ship "Brilhante", property of Miguel Alves de Sousa. The ship has the owner's streamer (with his initials) and the Portuguese royal flag. Bibl.: David Howard, "China for the West", p. 228, image: 227. Small disguised defect on rim. Diam.: 25 cm.