Porcelain Punchbowl in colored enamels with a continuous scene of the factories at Canton

Published/Created:

ca. 1780-1790

Physical Description:

ht.: 15 cm; diam: 36.2 cm

Materials:

porcelain with overglaze enamels

Notes:

This punchbowl shows the factories of the different European trading companies on the banks of the Pearl River at Canton, China

Topics:

Ceramics -- Britain -- 18th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

British

Accession Number:

3529-011

Genre:

containers: vessels: bowls (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Farrington, Anthony. Trading places : the East India Company and Asia, 1600-1834 / Anthony Farrington. London : British Library, 2002.

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

London, England: British Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 302614

OID:

571031

PID:

digcoll:1910745