A BLUE AND WHITE 'ROTTERDAM RIOT' DISH AND TEA BOWL, AND A BLUE AND WHITE 'BURGHLEY HOUSE' DISH Kangxi and Qianlong Comprising: a dish decorated with a mob attacking the house of a chief bailiff of Rotterdam, all enclosed within a diaper band interspersed with floral cartouches, Chenghua six-character mark to the base; a cup similarly decorated with a panel enclosing a continuous scene of the riot and another panel with a banana tree; and a dish decorated with a view of Burghley House and a pheasant in flight, a band of foliate strapwork at the rim. The largest: 22.5cm (8 7/8in) diam. (3). Footnotes: 清康熙及乾隆 青花鹿特丹之亂盤、盃及青花伯利莊園圖盤 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2002 (the 'Rotterdam' cup)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2004 (the 'Rotterdam' dish)(collector's notes) John Drew (1933-2006), England (the 'Burghley House' dish)(collection label) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 1st June 2007 (the 'Burghley House' dish)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: The Oriental Ceramic Society, China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, p.263, no.158 (the 'Burghley House' dish) M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.112-113 (the two dishes) M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.196 (the cup) John Drew (1933-2006) was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, and educated at Sedbergh School and the Queen's College, Oxford. He spent the majority of his professional career as an archivist in various African countries, before taking up a post at the University of Cape Town in 1978. His collection of Chinese ceramics encompasses pieces from the Neolithic period through to the eighteenth century. See R. Davids & D. Jellinek, Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America, Oxford, 2011, p.157. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing