Description
Chinese export porcelain bowl for the British market, Qianlong ca. 1775-80. Likely painted with an engagement from the Seven Years' War, the bowl features three sailors aboard a black, yellow, iron-red, and gilt ship with grisaille sails and three British flags above a green sea. The sides with rose, purple, and green floral clusters and sprigs repeated along the interior beneath a floral garland border along the rim.
Provenance: The Collection of Alfred Farber, Cleveland Ohio; Sotheby's, New York, "Property of a Cleveland Private Collector," 26 January 1984, Lot 52; Sotheby's, New York, "Chinese Export Porcelain and English Pottery," 27 January 1988, Lot 281; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.
Reference: Howard & Ayers, "China for the West," Vol. I, pg. 223-4, no. 221.
Height: 4 1/4 in x diameter: 9 in.
Provenance: The Collection of Alfred Farber, Cleveland Ohio; Sotheby's, New York, "Property of a Cleveland Private Collector," 26 January 1984, Lot 52; Sotheby's, New York, "Chinese Export Porcelain and English Pottery," 27 January 1988, Lot 281; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.
Reference: Howard & Ayers, "China for the West," Vol. I, pg. 223-4, no. 221.
Height: 4 1/4 in x diameter: 9 in.
Condition
There are six areas of chips or cracks that have been restored extending down from or along the upper rim. Slight toning of the overspray beginning. Light wear to the footrim.
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Chinese Export Shipping Bowl Seven Years' War
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Leo & Doris Hodroff Chinese Export Collection
Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 AM ESTSt. Paul, MN, United States
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