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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Punch Bowl with Cantonese Hongs,

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Punch Bowl with Cantonese Hongs

Medium

porcelain, enamel

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Porcelain with enamel

Techniques

  • Porcelain with enamel

Dimensions

15.2 x 36.8 x 36.8 cm (6 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches)

Place

Place Made: China

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.343

Punch Bowl with Cantonese Hongs

Teaching Notes/ Imagining the Americas

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Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Place Made: China

Publications

Teaching Notes/ Imagining the Americas

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On the Other Side

Read Online

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

Chinese Export Silver

March 8 - April 21, 1985

Designed For Another Age

March 20 - May 4, 1980

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Charles Pendleton House

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