The thinly-potted porcelain teabowl & saucer painted en grisaille,
the central coat-of-arms with three stars above a sheep,
the crest
above a lamb or sheep rampant within a flowing mantle,
surrounded a beribboned roundel and Wan Li-
diapered and tassel rim,
the exterior with three groups of precious
objects
flanked by flowering branches,
both the teabowl and saucer with a
black enamel script cypher monogram, AA;
the verso with collector's enamel inventory number
* Probably ordered by Abraham Abeleven
(1714-1776), who lived in the Dutch East Indies.
Abeleven was a Company
merchant in Batavia, an alderman 1738-39,
cashier-general in 1740
and supercargo in 1750.
He was Governor of the settlement on Ternate
from 1755-57.
The porcelain may also have been ordered by Arnoldus
Abeleven (1726-77),
who was employed by the Dutch East India Company
in Amsterdam.
Literature :
An identical teacup and saucer is discussed and illustrated in
Christiaan J.A. Jorg,
"Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam," pp. 310-11, n. 367
Online See :
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/90402/99290B394AF075C8830FA2809112DF602808F6A3.html
or
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/AK-NM-13442
Condition : Teabowl – a tight
hairline to the side, a few miniscule nicks to rim and foot rim;
Saucer – a nick to foot rim; each
with rim gilt-wear
The Teabowl 3” Diameter / The
Saucer 4-⅝” Diameter
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