Punch Bowl

Dateca. 1730

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 4 3/4" OD: 11 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1980-16

DescriptionPunch bowl: slightly canted footring supports slightly flared circular bowl decorated with imari palette colors of iron red, cobalt blue, and gold; the exterior painted with rocks, leafy peonies, and bamboo shoots; the interior rim painted with a red cross-hatch border between concentric blue lines and interrupted by oval reserves bordered with blue containing red floral sprays; the well of the bowl with a floral motif.
ProvenanceSource: Pembroke Antiques, 2538 W. Pembroke Avenue, Hampton, Virginia 23361