Chinese bowl brought from China 1785 by John Morgan of Groton, CT

bowl

CERAMICS
China
before 1784
overall: 1 1/4 in.

Chinese export porcelain bowl, brought from China in 1785 by John Morgan of Groton, ship's carpenter on EMPRESS OF CHINA, 1st American ship to engage in China trade. Hunting scene. Illustrated in Mudge, "Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade", fig. 43.


1938.79

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