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Lot Essay
John Reeves arrived in Canton as Assistant Inspector of Tea for the Honourable East India Company in 1812, working in Canton during the tea season and residing at Macao at other times. He served three tours in China, interspersed with periods of leave, between 1812 and 1831, rising to become Chief Inspector of Tea.
A related bowl and cover of this form dating to the early 19th century in the British Museum is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain: The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), no. 1, pl. LXXIII. The British Museum bowl is marked, Ziezhu Zhuren, 'Made by the Master of Wind Music', indicating that it was a private commission as are the present examples.
A related bowl and cover of this form dating to the early 19th century in the British Museum is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain: The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), no. 1, pl. LXXIII. The British Museum bowl is marked, Ziezhu Zhuren, 'Made by the Master of Wind Music', indicating that it was a private commission as are the present examples.