Lot 124

A very rare pair of Chinese porcelain cups and saucers decorated in underglaze blue depicting a scene of the 'Rotterdam Riot', also known as the 'Kosterman Uproar'. It shows the destruction of the house of Chief Bailiff Jacob Zuylen van Nyevelt by rioters on the night of October 5th, 1690. Van Nyevelt was blamed for the death of Cornelis Kosterman, a guard at the Rotterdam city hall who was accused of killing a clerk during a fight. Augustus the Strong (1670-1733) acquired seventeen dishes with this scene from the dealers Landsberger and Kell in May 1727, some of which are the still on the The Royal Dresden Porcelain Collection: "Saucer. Inv. no. PO 7642." The Royal Dresden Porcelain Collection. Porzellansammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden: www.doi.org/10.58749/skd.ps.2024.rpc.c1.133637 (accessed 26 May 2025). China, Kangxi period (1662-1722), ca. 1700 -Cups: H. 4 cm, D. 6,5 cm; Saucers: D. 11 cm-