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Object 2011801

Bowl

China

1630-1645

Height 63 mm (2.48 inch), diameter of rim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of footring 43 mm (1.69 inch), weight 127 grams (4.47 ounce (oz.))

Octagonal bowl on footring, spreading rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with river scenes alternating with a figure in a landscape.

Octagonal bowls of this type are common in Dutch collections. An identical bowl fitted with two handles is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and in the 1668 inventory of Amalia van Solms the widow of Stadholder Frederick Henry there is mention of Twee achtcantige kopkens met oirkens, 'two octagonal bowls with handles'. which may refer to this type (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.83), for this bowl please see:

• Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, (C.J.A. Jörg in collaboration with J. van Campen, Philip Wilson in association with The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, London 1997), p.83, cat. 73.

For identically shaped and decorated bowls, please see:

• The Wrestling Boys. Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the 16th to the 18th Century in the Collection at Burghley House, (The Trustees of Burghley House, Stamford 1981), p.61, cat. 145.

• Porzellane. Die blau-weißen asiatischen Porzellane in Schloß Favorite bei Rastatt, (F.W. Grosse ed., Staatliche Schlöser Baden-Württemberg, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Staatanzeiger für Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Schwetzingen 1998), p.92, Abb. 77, Kat. Nr. 34.

• Austrumu porcellans un Niderlande. Austrumu un Rietumu mijiedarbiba 17. gadsimta / Oriental Porcelain and the Netherlands. Interaction between East and West in the 17th century, (C.J.A. Jörg, Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, 2011), pp. 136-137, cat. 36. 

Similarly shaped, sized and decorated octagonal bowls were salvaged from the wreck of the Hatcher junk which sank c.1643, please see:

• The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes. The Complete Record, (C. Sheaf & R. Kilburn, Oxford 1988), p.67, Pl.99. 

Condition: A star-shaped hairline to the wall.

References:

Stamford 1981, cat. 145

Sheaf & Kilburn 1988, Pl.99

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 71

Staatliche Schlöser und Gärten 1998, Kat. Nr. 34

Jörg 2011/1, cat. 36

Price: Sold.