A RARE GRISAILLE ENAMEL 'BATTLE OF THE SAINTES' PUNCH BOWL Qianlong, circa 1785
A RARE GRISAILLE ENAMEL 'BATTLE OF THE SAINTES' PUNCH BOWL
Qianlong, circa 1785
Painted to one side with a panorama of the naval battle between the British and the French in the Caribbean, off the islands of Les Saintes, in 1782, the reverse with a satirical scene depicting caricature figures of an Englishman and a Frenchman, the inscriptions above part remaining reading 'You be damn'd' and 'Vous etes une bete', the interior with a gilt diaper and green enamelled border, with a floral medallion to the well.
33.2cm (13 1/8in) diam.
Footnotes:
清乾隆 約一七八五年 墨彩桑特海峽戰役圖盌
This rare bowl is one of a small group made to celebrate the significant naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9th-12th April, 1782. The maritime scene is taken from a 1783 engraving by Francis Chisholm and John Paltrow after a painting by Robert Dodd (1748-1815).
The satirical scene is after an engraving titled 'Politeness', which is known in several versions and is attributed to James Gillray (1756-1815) depicting confrontations between national stereotypes and originally published in 1779.
See other examples of this pattern in Hervouët & Bruneau, La Porcelaine Des Compagnies Des Indes A Decor Occidental, 1986, p.49, no.2.38; The Royal Maritime Museum at Greenwich; and Sargent, 2012, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, nos.175,328-329, with more related works listed.
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GRISAILLE ENAMEL 'BATTLE OF THE SAINTES' PUNCH BOWL
Qianlong, circa 1785
Painted to one side with a panorama of the naval battle between the British and the French in the Caribbean, off the islands of Les Saintes, in 1782, the reverse with a satirical scene depicting caricature figures of an Englishman and a Frenchman, the inscriptions above part remaining reading 'You be damn'd' and 'Vous etes une bete', the interior with a gilt diaper and green enamelled border, with a floral medallion to the well.
33.2cm (13 1/8in) diam.
Footnotes:
清乾隆 約一七八五年 墨彩桑特海峽戰役圖盌
This rare bowl is one of a small group made to celebrate the significant naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9th-12th April, 1782. The maritime scene is taken from a 1783 engraving by Francis Chisholm and John Paltrow after a painting by Robert Dodd (1748-1815).
The satirical scene is after an engraving titled 'Politeness', which is known in several versions and is attributed to James Gillray (1756-1815) depicting confrontations between national stereotypes and originally published in 1779.
See other examples of this pattern in Hervouët & Bruneau, La Porcelaine Des Compagnies Des Indes A Decor Occidental, 1986, p.49, no.2.38; The Royal Maritime Museum at Greenwich; and Sargent, 2012, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, nos.175,328-329, with more related works listed.
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
