Punch Bowl

Dateca. 1770

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1980-218,1

DescriptionA punch bowl painted in opaque enamels with opposing oval panels - one with European figures in a 'fête champêtre' scene, and the other with Asian figures playing musical instruments. The panels are separated by cartouches of exotic birds amidst stylized foliage and rockwork, each view reserved on a field of gilt foliate scrollwork. The well of the bowl is painted with a central floral spray and the interior rim is decorated with a border of gilt and iron-red bamboo entwined with floral sprigs. See 1980-218,2 for a similarly decorated bowl.
ProvenanceAcquired from Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Inc. Sale Number 4478Y, Important American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, 19-22 November 1980, Lot 456.