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Bowl (Punch bowl)
1764-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0503
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0503
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1764-1770
Subject(s)
- John Wilkes
- Theater
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
6.929 (H) x 16.142 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.6 (H) x 41 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: pp. 84-5.; discusses Wilkes associations and illustrates details of the bowl.Book: Hervouet, Francois, et al. 1986 La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental.
• Published: p. 255, no. 10.47Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2002 'Drink Fair Dont Swear': Winterthur's punch bowls and punch drinking in America. Antiques. 176-183.
• Published: p. 181, pls.IX, IXaBook: Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Chinese porcelain bowl bearing same scenes in reserves plus print sources: pp. 144-45, no. 031 and figs. 1-2. Includes Hogarth's "John Wilkes" 1763 portrait and Charles Maucourt's Night Amusements.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Hogarth's print of Wilkes is Published: no. 87, pp. 202-3.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Hogarth's print of Wilkes is Published: no. 85, p. 137.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar bowl illustrated and discussed: cat. no. 240, pp.244-245.Book: Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Chinese reverse painting on glass, portraying Wilkes in different pose: p. 87, no. 7, c. 1780Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Similar bowl sold at auction: April 25, 2008, New York, lot 187, see Notes (this record)Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similar bowl sold at auction: August 15-17, 2008, lot 1361, ex collection J. Jefferson Miller. (Poor condition.)Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• Similar bowl in discussion of Hogarth's 1763 print "John Wilkes" as design inspiration: pp. 106-108, figs. 91-92Book: Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.
• Range of British earthenware and Chinese export porcelain with portraits or references to John Wilkes (1725-97): p. 109, nos. 491-497. Useful historical notes.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• taffordshire earthenware model of Wilkes (seated) with historical discussion: pp. 32-33, no. 21