CIRCA 1775

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE 'MARITIME' PUNCH BOWL
CIRCA 1775
Decorated on the exterior en grisaille and in polychrome enamels with numerous ships from the British and French fleets in a continuous naval scene, the interior enamelled with a flower spray in the centre and floral swags and demi flower-heads below the rim, two cracks restored
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Purchased from A. Santos.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For a similar bowl from the Mottahedeh collection, see Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. I, pp. 223 and 224, no. 221, where the authors suggest that these bowls were probably copying earlier versions which would have had greater detail. They suggest that the scene has probably been taken from an engagement during the Seven Years War (1756-63). A slightly smaller similar bowl but with smoke billowing from some of the ships is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 48, fig. 2.37.

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