A BLUE AND WHITE "ROTTERDAM RIOTS" PLATE

CIRCA 1690-95

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A BLUE AND WHITE "ROTTERDAM RIOTS" PLATE
CIRCA 1690-95
The well-known scene showing small figures climbing haystacks and a tall ladder to reach the top of one in a row of Dutch houses, an unruly crowd at the side near cannons, the back with formal lotus scroll border and a six-character Chenghua mark
8 inches (20.3 cm) diameter

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The earliest known example of Chinese porcelain ordered with a historical/political subject (see Hervouët & Bruneau, op cit p 204). The plate depicts the demolition of the house belonging to the Chief Baillif of Rotterdam, Jacob Zuylen van Myevelt, on 4 October 1690, during riots sparked by the brutal execution of Cornelis Kosterman, a young guard at the City Hall, whom the townspeople believed innocent.

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