Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, ca. 1790

Large export porcelain punchbowl with restrained design featuring Federal-style urn. Similar to transfer ware purchased by Commodore Richard Dale in Canton, 1787, now in the collections of Independence Seaport Museum.

Extent

1 porcelain bowl : 41.5 (diam.)

Language

English

Subject(s)

China trade porcelain

Genre

Punch bowls

Note

Gift of Brinley Thomas, 2011.

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