A LARGE SWEDISH MARKET ARMORIAL CHARGER

CIRCA 1740

Details

A LARGE SWEDISH MARKET ARMORIAL CHARGER
CIRCA 1740
Decorated in blue enamel and gilt with an unusual, formal arrangement of patterned lappets, at the top the accollée arms of Ribbing and Piper
15¼ inches (39 cm) diameter

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 July 2002, lot 340.

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Lot Essay

From a service made for Bengt Ribbing (1686-1741), governor of Gothenberg and Bohus 1630-41, and Ulrika Eleanora Piper (1698-1754) who married in 1718. Its unusual pattern may have been inspired by Christian Precht (1706-79) who designed a related service for Count Axel Sparre, his drawing surviving at the castle of Maltesharm in Skania. (See M. Beurdeley, China Trade Porcelain, pp. 117-118.) A smaller dish from the service in the collection of Khalil Rizk was sold Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 2008, lot 39.

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