Lot 100. A rare 'Scotsmen' punchbowl, circa 1745-1750. Estimate $15,000 - $25,000. Price Realized $43,750 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The exterior with a Scottish Highlander on each side between leafy peach branches and blossoming pink roses, the interior with a floral cluster beneath a gilt spearhead border at the rim 

Provenance: Acquired from Schmidt's, Palm Beach, c. 1955.

THE COLLECTION OF J. JEFFERSON AND ANNE WEILER MILLER

Notes: The two Scotsmen are likely Rifleman Shaw and Piper Macdonnel, both Jacobite martyrs, after prints engraved by George Bickham and published in 1743. The engraving of the piper was also used as the frontispiece for A Short History of the Highland Regiment of 1743.

CHRISTIE'S. CHINESE EXPORT ART, 21 January 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza