Punch Bowl

CC0 Public Domain Designation

c. 1789

China, Jiaqing reign
Chinese, made for the American market

Chinese officials limited all international trading to the city of Canton, and segregated foreigners within a 15-acre area. Decorated in grisaille, or monochrome, the exterior of this punch bowl shows the 13 trade buildings, known as hongs (foreign factories), that lined this restricted area. Each building was associated with a particular country, and they doubled as counting houses and living quarters, where agents resided during the fall trading season. In this view of the hongs, the American factory lies between those of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, suggesting that this was an early rendering, made before the United States permanently established its factory next to Sweden’s.

Status: On View, Gallery 166
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Chinese export porcelain
Title: Punch Bowl
Place: China (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1789
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, glaze, enamels in colors, gilding
Dimensions: 15 × 36.3 × 25.8 cm (5 15/16 × 14 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1950.3
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