A RARE PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PUNCH BOWLS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1755

One:

The Cecil H. Bullivant collects ion

Philip's London, March 22nd, 1988, lot 234

The other:

The collects ion of T. H. Kapnek, no. 3101 (according to label)

Christie's New York, January 29th, 1994, lot 48

One:

David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 370, M4

The present pair appears to be the largest, and the only two examples known of this size of bowl painted in this subject matter. For the arms, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 370, M4, where one of the present pair is illustrated. The author also suspects that this example is the same bowl from the J. J. Howard sale 1902, lot 103. The Anti-Gallican Society was formed in London first in 1745, and re-established in 1757. The purpose of the Society was to promote British made commodities and resist and discourage French imported goods. As documented by Howard, there are several different known types of bowl made for the Society, with differences in the central horse rider as well as the motto inscribed.

An example with identical in decoration but of half the size, was first sold in these rooms, January 24th, 1990, lot 404, and subsequently purchased by James F. Scott, and later sold again from his collects ion in these rooms, October 15th, 2018, lot 144. An example painted with the same arms but with a spearhead border, measuring approximately 10 inches in diameter, was sold in our London rooms, February 27th, 1973, lot 286. A further example was also sold in our London rooms, November 16th, 1976, lot 132.