A Chinese blue and white 'Rotterdam Riot' cup and saucer, jade mark, Kangxi

Dia.: 11 cm (the saucer)
Dia.: 6,3 cm - H.: 3,8 cm

Provenance:
- The private collection of Mr. Binder, son of J. Louis Binder, USA.
- Rob Michiels Auctions, 12 October 2015, lot 383. (link)

In 1690, the citizens of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, incensed by a brutally unfair punishment pronounced by their magistrate, ran riot and tore down the magistrate’s house. This act became known as the 'Costerman revolt' or the 'Rotterdam Riot' and was commemorated in a cast medallion from which the plates, also ordered to commemorate the event, were painted. This is the first European historical/political event ever to be produced on Chinese export porcelain.

Literature: 
- Howard & Ayers, 'China for the West, Vol. I', p. 60, fig. 15 for a quasi-identical cup and saucer. 

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(UV-checked)
- Both the cup and saucer have a hairline and a few minor small restored fleabites to the rims.

品相報告：（已用紫外線光檢查）
- 杯子和碟子的口沿各有一條衝線和幾處小的蟲咬修復。

Hamerprijs incl. commissie: € 6.240