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A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.

A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
716 - 894 EUR
733 - 916 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A blue and white armorial sauce boat, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.

Decorated with a pair of entwined cranes with a cricket in their beaks. Around the rim a garland. The other side with a relief of lotus. Gilded rim. Lenght 19,5 cm.

Slitage.

Provenance

Possibly comissioned for the wedding between Claes Grill (1705-1767) – and his cousin Anna Johanna Grill in 1737.
Claes Grill was one of the most powerful men in Sweden during the 18th Century. He was a director of the Swedish East-India Company, owner of Sweden’s leading merchant house Claes & Carolos Grill, their trade involved shipping, co-owner of a sail and linen manufactory, glassworks, shipyards, a bank and he owned a line of mines and estates. This theory is based on dating of the porcelain and the similarity with a Yongzheng mark and period pieces.

But there is also a possibility that the service was made for Adolph Ulric (1752-1797) som 1778 who marries his cousin Anna Johanna (III) (1753-1809), in 1778. If so it might be designed by Jean Eric Rehn.

The Grill family derives from a Dutch noble family and was not introduced in Sweden. They used the crane with a cricket in its beak as their coat of arms. The enlaced cranes on the service carries the thoughts to the alliance between the two members of the Grill family.

Literature

Lagercrantz Bo, Fataburen 1951. Gyllensvärd Bo, Kulturens Årsbok 1985. Wirgin Jan, Från Kina till Europa, sid. 141.