A LARGE INSCRIBED CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL

JIAQING 1796-1820

The exterior finely painted in enamels and gilt with two large rectangular panels depicting dignitaries and court ladies, with four smaller panels containing individuals flanked by lines of calligraphy, the rim with a band of ladies and gentlemen relaxing in a luscious garden, the interior brightly decorated in the same style with further figural scenes beneath many butterflies amidst peony, chrysanthemum, gourds, lychees and other fruits and flowers, with an inscription reading 'Thomas Heeton Esq Bermondsey' to the base, together with a wood stand, 40.7cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.