Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE 'ROTTERDAM RIOT' PLATE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, AFTER 1690 | 清康熙 1690年以後 青花「鹿特丹之亂」圖盤 《大明成化年製》仿款
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October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE 'ROTTERDAM RIOT' PLATE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, AFTER 1690
清康熙 1690年以後 青花「鹿特丹之亂」圖盤 《大明成化年製》仿款
painted in the center with figures attacking the house of Jacob van Zuylen van Nyevelt within a diaper border reserved with panels painted with flowers and fruits, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark and incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=414-WW.
Diameter: 7⅞ in.
20.1 cm
The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
S. Marchant & Son, London, June 2006
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 367, p. 704, illus.
'Rotterdam Riot' plates were noted in François and Nicole Hervouët and Yves Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, cat. no. 9.35, as the earliest example of Chinese export porcelain documented with European historical and political subjects. The riots occurred in Rotterdam between September and October 1690 after a young guard, Cornelius Kosterman, accidentally killed a man while smuggling wine into the city hall to celebrate with his colleagues. Kosterman was sentenced to death by then Chief Baliff Jacob van Zuylen van Nyevelt. The public was enraged by the injustice and riots ensued. The source of the subject matter comes from a popular medal stuck by Dutch medalist Johannes Smeltzig (1656-93) after an engraving by G. van Loon. An identical example was sold in these rooms, February 1st, 2019, lot 830.