Cup with a whaling scene, Porcelain cup painted on the glaze in blue, red, yellow, black and gold. On the outside wall a representation of whale hunting with a sloop with three men, one of which is firing on a polar bear, in addition, two sloops with crew, who have harpooned two whales, between icebergs near a large ship. The bow of a ship appears from behind a rock, the stern of another ship with a red, white and blue flag can be seen from behind another rock. Choppy, gray sea a white sky with birds. At the bottom a whale in the water, the inner edge with hanging harpoons and flower sprays


Cup with a whaling scene, Porcelain cup painted on the glaze in blue, red, yellow, black and gold. On the outside wall a representation of whale hunting with a sloop with three men, one of which is firing on a polar bear, in addition, two sloops with crew, who have harpooned two whales, between icebergs near a large ship. The bow of a ship appears from behind a rock, the stern of another ship with a red, white and blue flag can be seen from behind another rock. Choppy, gray sea a white sky with birds. At the bottom a whale in the water, the inner edge with hanging harpoons and flower sprays. Two cracks in the edge. Decorated in Europe., anonymous, China, c. 1700 - c. 1749, Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722) / Yongzheng-period (1723-1735) / Qianlong-period (1736-1795), porcelain (material), glaze, gold (metal), vitrification, h cm d cm d cm


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