Svenska: VAS. Cylindrisk Gu-form med något utsvängd fot och utsvängd mynningskant. Dekor (utförd av s.k. Haus-mahler under 1800-talet) i famille noire med utsparda fält dekorerade i färger mot svart botten. Runt mynningskanten bård med kvistar i aubergine med blommor. Glasyren är invändigt något ojämn och med svartbruna mindre fläckar, under botten märken efter blåsor, på insidan upptill vid vulsten en oglaserad rand. Inköpt 1925 genom Sigrid Carlsund vd vid Bukowskis Konsthandel från en Mr. Alfred Depinna, London. Pris 38.178 kr.Porcelain vase decorated in overglaze enamelsQing dynasty, c.1870-1900During the second half of the 19th century a craze for “famille noire” porcelain developed among European and North American collectors. Best loved were large, splendid vases with black-glazed backgrounds, supposedly dating to the Kangxi period. It is debatable whether any such vessels were actually made then, but it is certain that many fakes were created during the 19th-early 20th century. The fashion peaked at the beginning of the First World War, so it is surprising to learn that Countess von Hallwyl bought this piece as late as 1925, persuaded by Mrs. Sigrid Carlsund, at that time Director of Bukowskis. The vase’s provenance illustrates the patronage for famille noire, for it formerly belonged to Alfred De Pinna (1831–1915), a successful businessman of Sephardic Jewish descent who was born in England. In 1885 Mr De Pinna founded a high-end cloth and tailoring business in Fifth Avenue, New York, that was later run by his son. The vase is the most expensive object in the Hallwyl collection, purchased for the enormous sum of 38.178 Swedish crowns.