Bowl

Chinese export porcelain bowl which belonged to Captain James Cook (1728-1779) and his wife Elizabeth. The outside is painted with peonies and pomegranites in a garden. Inside the rim is a floral border and there is a citron flower in the bottom of the bowl. It is painted in famille rose colours, pink, two greens, orange, blue and gold.

Object Details

ID: AAA6192
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Bowl
Display location: Display - Traders Gallery
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1770
Exhibition: Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 90 x 200 mm
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