Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1774-1776 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:glazed, gilded, underglazed,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Length: 29 centimetres
Description:
Blue-and-white serving dish with the royal arms of Sweden. The oval serving dish shows in the centre an underglaze-blue roundel with three golden crowns, surrounded by a golden laurel wreath and by overall small blue crowns, with a golden rim border and the inscription ‘GRIPSHOLM’ on the rim.
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![图片[2]-tray; dish BM-1921-0712.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299848_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:The central medallion shows the royal arms of Sweden, and the inscription gives the name of a Swedish royal castle near Stockholm on lake Malav. The sevice is known to have been ordered by the Swedish East India Company and carried by the ship Terra Nova, which anchored in Gothenburg in 1776. The service is first mentioned in inventories of 1781, when it consisted of over 700 pieces, and is reported to have cost 600 taels (Wirgin, 1979, p. 218). Of the severalroyal Swedish services made in China, this was by far the largest. Large parts of the service are still preserved at Gripsholm Castle today (ibid., pl. 5).
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:glazed, gilded, underglazed,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Length: 29 centimetres
Description:
Blue-and-white serving dish with the royal arms of Sweden. The oval serving dish shows in the centre an underglaze-blue roundel with three golden crowns, surrounded by a golden laurel wreath and by overall small blue crowns, with a golden rim border and the inscription ‘GRIPSHOLM’ on the rim.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:The central medallion shows the royal arms of Sweden, and the inscription gives the name of a Swedish royal castle near Stockholm on lake Malav. The sevice is known to have been ordered by the Swedish East India Company and carried by the ship Terra Nova, which anchored in Gothenburg in 1776. The service is first mentioned in inventories of 1781, when it consisted of over 700 pieces, and is reported to have cost 600 taels (Wirgin, 1979, p. 218). Of the severalroyal Swedish services made in China, this was by far the largest. Large parts of the service are still preserved at Gripsholm Castle today (ibid., pl. 5).
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