BÅLSKÅL, kompaniporslin. Qingdynastin, Qianlong (1736-95).
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Dekor i famille rosefärger förställande faktorierna i Kanton längs pärlfloden. Flaggorna visar de olika handelsstationerna som tillhörde respektive länder. Små kinesiska båtar ligger längs kanten, europeiska handelsmän syns bland byggnaderna. Diameter 36,5 cm.
Lagning, coated
Proveniens
The Nils Parkfelt Collenction, thence by decent.
Litteratur
Compare similar bowls illustrated in;
Le Corbeiller, Patterns of Exchange, pp. 155 and 116 no 49.
Howard and Ayers, Vol I, p 209 no 207.
Another one illustrated in Hervouet and Bruenau, p.24 no 1.25 and sold in Monte Carlo on June 22 1987, lot 1641. This one one side the Hongs of Canton, the otherside with the marketplace in Copenhagen.
Another one in the Collection of the British Museum. inventory number Franks. 746.+.
Övrig information
This bowl provide a vivid description of the thirteen Hongs (European trading posts) at Canton, which, after varying lengths of service, ultimately were destroyed by the Chinese on December 13, 1856.