TALLRIKAR, ett par, vapenporslin. Qing dynastin, Qianlong (1736-95) ca 1770.
Dekor i famille rosefärger och guld av Alstroemeria blomma samt girlander. Diameter 23,2 cm.
Proveniens
Made for Claes Alströmer (1736-94), son of the famous Jonas Alströmer. Claes Alströmer was a disciple of the famous Swedish Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl von Linné. He a brought back the flower with him from Cadiz, Spain. Linné named the flower after the donor and Alströmer decided to order a dinner service with his flower, just like Carl von Linné did for himself.
Litteratur
Wirgin, Jan; Från Kina till Europa, planch 239, page 224.
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