Punch Bowl

Provenance

Commissioned by Thomas Ambrose, 1790 [recorded in inscription]. With A. Lloyd Hyde, New York, by May 1954; sold to Frederick Standish Colburn (1878–1957), Evanston, IL, May 1954 [incoming receipt, RX2123, Jan. 29, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

Punch Bowl

Chinese export porcelain

1790

Accession Number

7921

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

Dimensions

12.1 × 29.2 cm (4 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

Classification

punch bowl

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn