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A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.

A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.
Estimate
5 000 - 7 000 SEK
441 - 618 EUR
460 - 645 USD
Hammer price
4 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A rare 'European Subject' punch bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.

Decorated with 'not geld', and a european scroll, the interior rim with fleur de lis pattern. Diameter 28,6 cm.

Restored.

Provenance

Nödmynten tillverkades under åren 1715-19, då den svenska statskassan var tömd. Till en början påtrycktes morska deviser så som Publica fide, Wett och Wapen, när desperationen ökade ändrades det till romerska gudar, 1719 präglar man myntet med "Hoppet".

Literature

D.Howard & J Avers, China for the West.
Gyllensvärd, Porslinet från Kina.

More information

The Swedish East India Company was founded 1731, one of the new commodities that the company brought back a part from large quantities of tea and porcelain was punch. It soon became a popular drink amongst men, and large quantities of punch bowls were commissioned to meet the demands.

It had long been a popular fashion to mount commemorative medals and coins on silver tankards and other drinking vessels. So the step to use coins and bank notes as decoration on porcelain was not far when the possibilities to have items custom made in China.

During the late 1730’s the interest in the diseased Swedish King Carolus XII politics and wars escalated.