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16 Punch
Bowl

Porcelain decorated A large punch bowl with rounded sides and
in grisaille and gold gently flaring rim, standing on a slightly tapering
recessed foot. It is painted in grisaille and gold with
China — Qing dynasty, a continuous scene showing a large Neoclassical
Qianlong period European three storey building, depicting the
(1736-1795) London Hospital in Whitechapel. The central
section of the building, with a doorway with
H. 17 cm columns and a pediment, is flanked by two side-
Ø 40.3 cm wings and surrounded by a low wall, all below
the inscription ‘LONDON HOSPITAL’. Behind
Provenance the building are silhouettes of towers and other
Elinor Gordon Collection buildings at a considerable distance, suggesting
J. Jefferson and Anne the city. To the left, outside the wall, are houses
Weiler Miller Collection and other buildings, including a church tower.
In the foreground are coaches, figures on horses,
a cowherd and his cattle, and many other groups
of figures strolling by. To the right is another cowherd
leading a cow, a woman and a dog, coaches pulled
by horses, and other figures, near a rocky hill with
a building on top, all among trees and bushes.
On the inside, in the centre, is a round medallion
framed by a narrow gilt band enclosing the figure
of a man wearing breeches, a knee-length coat,
and holding a cape in one hand and a cane in the
other, looking down at a dog on its hind legs, both
standing on the banks of a river with sailing and
rowing boats. In the background are buildings set
among trees, bushes and rocks. Below the rim on
the inside, it is painted with a border of shell-shaped
motifs, pendant garlands of flowers, entwined
in a single scroll painted in gold. The rim is
edged in brown. →

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