A Chinese Export Grisaille and Gilt Decorated 'Numismatic' Punch Bowl for the Swedish Market, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1776 | 清乾隆 約1776年 墨彩描金瑞典貨幣圖字母紋大盌

The Collection of Mildred R. and Rafi Y Mottahedeh
Sotheby's New York, 19 October 2000, lot 266

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, The Mottahedeh Collection, in celebration of 'The Collector of the Year', January 19, 1981 - October 1982
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, China For the West, a loan exhibition in celebration of the Bicentennial of the American China Trade, February 15 - 24, 1984

David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, Vol. II, cat. no. 455, p.448

A small number of these rare numismatic bowls are known, including the pair to the present example, formerly in the Mottahedeh Collection and sold in these rooms January 29, 1987, lot 532. Another with the date 1762 was sold at Sotheby's London, May 10, 1994, lot 153; and a third, also with 1762 date, was at Alastair Gibson Auctions London, December 14, 2022, lot 236.   The Swedish East India company was founded in 1731 and was not dissolved until the early 19th century. An interesting summary of the Swedish trade with the East is given in Michel Beurdeley, Chinese Trade Porcelain, Rutland and Tokyo, 1963, p. 116-9.