Lot Essay
The arms are those of Jan Albert Sichterman (1692-1764), who was a Director of the Dutch East India Company and Governor of Bengal from 1734-1744.
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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE, IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED ARMORIAL CISTERN AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cistern is decorated to the exterior of the body with a wide central band of precious objects amongst leafy fruiting pomegranate branches, all between floral and diaper bands to the mouth and foot. The arms of Sichterman of Groningen incorporating a squirrel is painted to one side, above a pierced hole fitted with a tap. The cover is similarly decorated with the armorial crest, precious obejcts and pomegrates encircling the bud-form finial.
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cistern is decorated to the exterior of the body with a wide central band of precious objects amongst leafy fruiting pomegranate branches, all between floral and diaper bands to the mouth and foot. The arms of Sichterman of Groningen incorporating a squirrel is painted to one side, above a pierced hole fitted with a tap. The cover is similarly decorated with the armorial crest, precious obejcts and pomegrates encircling the bud-form finial.
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high
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