Description:
Chinese export porcelain punch bowl decorated en grisaille (encre de chine or ink color) with green and gilding. Chinese enamelers developed ink-color decoration as a method of reproducing print images on porcelain for the western market. Dominated by black enamels and washes, ink-color decoration was first produced in the 1730s and remained popular throughout the 18th century. Often period documents refer to this decoration as "pencil'd," reflecting its use of fine brush strokes and black color. The outside has the inscription "IAMES/ FREMAN,/ JANUARy 10.th/ 1738" surrounded by a berried wreath and floral sprays and ....... The rim is decorated with strapwork and a gilt line. The well is decorated with a woman standing by a six-side table playing cards. The front of the tableskirt has the verse: "I now am in my golden age/ with years and sense comes sorrow/ my little soul is not engag'd/ with what may be tomorrow/ for if my house or stand or fall/ I and the knave can make up all", signed to the right "I. Freeman".
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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