Punch Bowl
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
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Large bowls of this type were used to hold punch, a drink taken from India by English sailors, officers and members of the East India Company during the seventeenth century. By the late 1760s dense decoration, bold colours and gilding became the distinctive characteristics of a style known as 'mandarin.' This style continued to be popular until the first half of the nineteenth century and was widely copied in European ceramic factories. Wall papers and fans also produced in Guangzhou for the export market also contained similar figurative scenes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in coloured enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Punch bowl, porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1770-1780 |
| Physical description | Punch bowl in porcelain, painted in a style known as 'mandarin porcelain' depicting Chinese garden scenes. The outside is decorated with groups of figures in gardens, in two large and small panels outlined by gilt scrollwork and reserved on a red ground diapered in black. Inside, around the rim, is a border of flowers, butterflies and diaper patterns outlined by scrollwork; in the middle is a medallion depicting two ladies, a little boy and two dogs in a garden. The medallion is encircled with similar ornamentation to the rim. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs Marie Adeline Dumergue |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mrs. Marie Adeline Dumergue, accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | from label |
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| Summary | Large bowls of this type were used to hold punch, a drink taken from India by English sailors, officers and members of the East India Company during the seventeenth century. By the late 1760s dense decoration, bold colours and gilding became the distinctive characteristics of a style known as 'mandarin.' This style continued to be popular until the first half of the nineteenth century and was widely copied in European ceramic factories. Wall papers and fans also produced in Guangzhou for the export market also contained similar figurative scenes. |
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| Accession number | C.89-1912 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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