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A GRISAILLE AND GILT ‘HONGS OF CANTON’ PUNCHBOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
A continuous scene of the Canton waterfront, small junks moored in the foreground and
the foreign factories fying their fags, the interior with the British East Indiaman ‘PITT’
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired from The Art Exchange, New York, in 1952
The Collection of J. Jefferson and Anne Weiler Miller, Baltimore
This view of the hongs is more painterly than the more familiar Mandarin palette bowls,
with less sky and sea. Compare a grisaille example in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,
Massachusetts (illustrated by K.I. Choi, The Magazine Antiques, October 1999, Hong Bowls
and the Landscape of the China Trade). Most have a foral center or an unnamed ship. The Pitt
was launched in 1780 and sailed to China in 1786 under Captain George Cowper and in
1788 under Captain Edward Manning. Her owner, George Mackenzie Macauley, was a
Lloyd’s underwriter, London merchant and alderman.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
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CHINESE SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY
THE HONGS OF CANTON
A view of the Canton waterfront showing
numerous ‘junks’
in the harbor, the factories fying the French,
American, English
and Dutch fags
Oil on canvas
17 x 23 in. (43.2 x 58.5 cm.)
$8,000-12,000

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