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Field name | Value |
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Title | Chinese Imari Punch Bowl |
Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
Date | c. 1720-1730 |
Description | Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze red enamel, with gilding. Design derived from a Japanese palette, a popular export style during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The crack it exhibits was sustained during the Boston earthquake of 1755. |
Document Type | Object |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Arts and Artefacts |
Keywords | porcelain, export, enamel, flowers, flora and fauna, bowl, earthquake |
Countries | USA; China |
Places | Boston |
Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994. |
Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |