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Lot Essay
The arms are those of the Van Reverhorst family from The Hague in the Netherlands. It is the only known example of Chinese armorial porcelain which depicts the coat-of-arms of the eight great-grandparents. This service was probably commissioned by Adriaan van Revenhorst (1720-1751) who was a V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) merchant at Canton.
It has hitherto been assumed that the service was commissioned by his older brother Theodorus (1706-1758), who was a member of the Court of Justice in Batavia for the V.O.C. from 1735 till 1752. Dr. Jochem Kroes points out in his article (see 'De Nederlandsche Leeuw', November - December 1998, nr. 11-12, Unieke typen van Chineze wapenporselein van Nederlandse families, serviezen met kwartierwapens van de families Van Reverhorst, Feith en Van Hardenborek, p. 305-322), that it is more likely to have been commissioned by Adriaan van Reverhorst as he was stationed in Canton where these specific orders would have been executed. Besides, the abovementioned article by Dr. Jochem Kroes, see also D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, p. 400-401, pl. 398.
It has hitherto been assumed that the service was commissioned by his older brother Theodorus (1706-1758), who was a member of the Court of Justice in Batavia for the V.O.C. from 1735 till 1752. Dr. Jochem Kroes points out in his article (see 'De Nederlandsche Leeuw', November - December 1998, nr. 11-12, Unieke typen van Chineze wapenporselein van Nederlandse families, serviezen met kwartierwapens van de families Van Reverhorst, Feith en Van Hardenborek, p. 305-322), that it is more likely to have been commissioned by Adriaan van Reverhorst as he was stationed in Canton where these specific orders would have been executed. Besides, the abovementioned article by Dr. Jochem Kroes, see also D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, p. 400-401, pl. 398.