Bowl
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1765
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions3 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (7.9 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.116
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Chinoiserie Bowl. Printed in black and enameled in shades of iron-red, green, blue, rose, yellow, white and grisaille and heightened in gilding with a Chinese lady holding a fan, standing beside a jar and looking toward another lady and a little boy between a tall table with precious objects and a lady standing behind a man seated at a marbleized table set with a vase of flowers and a bowl of fruit, nearby a standing lady kisses the baby in her arms and two boys point to a monkey in a gnarled flowering prunus tree, the interior with a couple standing between two boys beneath a dotted and iron-red-edged gilt border around the rim.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
