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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', named on the stern
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
$15,000–35,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from The Art Exchange, New York, in 1952
The Collection of J. Jeferson 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).
The Pitt was launched in 1780 and sailed to China in 1786 under
Captain George Cowper and in 1788 under Captain Edward
Manning.

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A GRISAILLE 'CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Enameled with Dutch ships in Table Bay, with Table Mountain,
Devil's Peak and Signal Hill in the distance
8√ in. (21.3 cm.) diameter
$2,000–3,000
PROVENANCE:
With Charles Perry Chinese Export Porcelain, Atlanta.

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