A large Hong bowl, c.1785 (ceramic)

Two large panels depict the Canton waterfront, flags flying above the Swedish, British and Dutch hongs, small Western and Chinese figures strolling with their dogs along the quay and others peering from windows or balconies or at work, one climbing the Dutch flagpole, Chinese junks in the harbor waters, all reserved on an iron-red patterned ground with panels between showing a mother gathering fruit with her children and a lady serving tea in a garden, the interior with a colorful floral cluster beneath iron-red cell and gilt vine borders. 16 inches (40.6 cm) diameter