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A ‘SWEDISH BANKNOTE’ PUNCH BOWL AND STAND hinc robur et securitas and to the left is another device stating, ‘Bank
Qianlong period, circa 1765-70 Bill of the Estates of the Realm of Sweden’(fig.1). These imitate the
Decorated with two Swedish bank notes dated 1762 and 1768. The watermarks or impressed stamps on the original bills. The note on
1768 note is on the interior of the bowl in ink color (grisaille) copying the bowl is dated 1768. Both notes carry a written warning in a small
the original black printing of the note while the impressed designs from script that translates as “He who counterfeited this bill shall be hanged
the note are replicated in bianco sopra bianco (white enamel on white by his neck, but to him who provably detecteth the counterfeiter
porcelain); the 1762 note decorates the stand; the exterior of the bowl shall be given a reward of forty thousand dollars in copper coins in
is decorated with flowers; the interior rim of the bowl and the rim of the accordance with his majesty’s gracious pleasure of the 20 December
stand are decorated with a continuous fishtail border in ink color and 1754.
gilding.
The bowl: 12 1/2in (32cm) diam; the stand 14 3/4in (37cm) diam (2).
$6,000 - 10,000
111, 5194
乾隆時期 約1765-70年 墨彩描金《瑞典鈔》潘趣酒碗及托盤
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, Ladies First, Margate, 2007, p. 71, no. 45

出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Ladies First》，安特衛普，2007年，
頁71，圖版編號45
There are two different notes shown on various export porcelains;
this example shows both. Bowls with accompanying stands like this
are rare and seem to have been a particular feature for the Swedish
market.
Similar saucers and bowls are known from 1759, 1762 and 1775
with other banknotes depicted all for the Swedish market. The note
on the stand is dated 1762 and inscribed to Jacob Hahr (1727-85)
a supercargo of the Swedish East India Company on the ships Prins (fig.1)
Friederic Adolph and Riksens Stander. At the top right of each note
is a cartouche with the device of the bank of Sweden with the motto

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