Estimate

5.000 - 7.000

Session

5 July 2016

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese porcelain
Blue decoration depicting at the centre "Rotterdam riot" after a Jan Smeltzing (1656-1693) drawing mint on a medal in 1690, after Gérard van Loon
On the left side of the composition a man holds a pickaxe, other on top of a ladder while the crowd, on the right, holds cables attached to one house next to a cannon
Tab decorated with geometric motifs and emblems
Back decorated with frieze depicting floral motifs and Chenghua symbols at the centre
Kangxi Period, ca. 1690/95
(one with hairline and small chips, the other with hairline and broken tab)

Diam.: 20 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Literature:
Jorge Getulio Veiga, "Chinese Export Porcelain in private Brazilian Collections", p. 36;
David Howard & John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. I, p. 60;
François et Nicole Hervouët, Yves Bruneau, "La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental" p. 204, il. 9.35;
Michel Beurdeley, "Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes", p. 193, cat. 170;
Ann Frank, "Chinese Blue and White", p.77.204; 9.35;
Beurdeley, Michel; "Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes"; 1962; p. 193; cat. 170;
Frank, Ann; "Chinese Blue and White", 1969, p.77;