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AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘CHINESE-INSCRIBED’ DOCUMENTARY Yang Bingguan (Pinqua, before 1747-1795), also known as Yang
CONTINENTAL ARMORIAL PLATE Cengong, is recorded as a porcelain dealer with over thirty-five years’
Dated 35th year (Qianlong) corresponding to 1771 and signed ‘Yang experience who was appointed a Canton and Macao Hong merchant
Bingguan Hua’ (painted by Yang Bingguan) in 1782. The present lot was produced before the appointment,
The plate of European silver shape, the lobed wavy-rimmed hexagonal when he was running his firm Longhe Hang doing business with the
plate painted at the center, primarily in green, yellow and iron-red European, such as the Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Spanish and British.
enamels with light touches of famille rose enamels, with a large un- His business continued after that appointment, reaching a peak around
identified continental coat-of-arms with a rocaille surround with two 1786-1789. However, the increase in revenues did not translate into
lions rampant and a nine-pointed coronet, all above three gilt Chinese the increase in profits; the heavy debts led to his bankruptcy in 1792.
characters, Jia Jian Di, perhaps a transliteration of a European name or In 1793, Pinqua was arrested, and his properties were confiscated. In
title, the reverse side plain except for the eight-character gilt inscription 1795, he was reported passed away while in custody at a Mandarin’s
with the date and artist name. house in Canton. (Paul A. Van Dyke, “Yang Pingqua: Merchant of
9 3/8in (23.7cm) diam Canton and Macao 1747-1795,” in Review of Culture no. 62, 2020,
pp. 62-89.)
$5,000 - 7,000
The second ship to sail directly to China from America was the Grand
乾隆三十五年 珍稀紀年五彩加粉彩描金盾徽紋盤 Turk from Salem. The ship was owned by Elias Hasket Derby (1739-
《三十五年 楊丙觀畫》款 1799). The ships officers were presented a souvenir punchbowl by the
Hong merchant Pinqua, decorated with a ship and a banner containing
Published: the legend “Ship Grand Turk / at Canton / 1786”. Derby’s son Elias
Cohen & Cohen, Think Pink!, Antwerp, 2013, p. 22, no. 12 (1 of 2) Hasket Derby, Jr. (1766-1826) donated the bowl in 1800-1801 to
the East India Marine Society, the forerunner of the Peabody Essex
出版： Museum. [Sargent 2012, no. 218, 401-401]
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Think Pink!》，安特衛普，2013年，
頁22，圖版編號12（二件之一） Reference: Howard, 2003, p. 598, a dinner plate with the arms of
Drummond impaling Fane, circa 1793, also inscribed with Chinese
The arms are unidentified but may be French. The signed and dated characters to the reverse.
gilt eight-character inscription to the reverse naming the artist Yang
Bingguan is highly unusual, as are the three-characters below the
arms, which is most likely a transliteration of a Western family name or
title.

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