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LOT 0089 A VERY FINE GRISAILLE-ENAMELED MARINE-SUBJECT 'BATTLE OF THE...

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A VERY FINE GRISAILLE-ENAMELED MARINE-SUBJECT 'BATTLE OF THE SAINTES' PUNCH BOWL Qianlong period, circa 1785 Painted primarily in shades of gray (grisaille) with a scene from the naval battle between the British and the French in the Caribbean, off the islands of Les Saintes, in 1782, depicting various three-masted warships many displaying the 'British Ensign' at their sterns, the French ships mostly depicted behind thick clouds of cannon smoke from a furious barrage from the British ships and with their sails severely punctured by fusillades of cannon fire, the reverse side of the bowl with a satirical scene depicting a stout John Bull, holding a pint of beer with his bulldog seated under his chair, whilst opposite sits a skinny Frenchman holding a bowl of soup with a small hound under his chair, an inscription above the head of John Bull reads 'You be damn'd' and above the head of the Frenchman 'Vous etes une bete (you are a beast), the partial cartouche that frames the figures that sit on a wide grassy bank, includes a band of small green dots with gilt highlights, the same low-key color scheme is used in a wide band of green-dot and diaper cell pattern at the interior rim and a symmetric floral roundel at the bowls center. 15in (38.1cm) diam Footnotes: 乾隆時期 約1785年 墨彩《桑特海峽戰役》海事圖潘趣酒碗 Publication: Cohen & Cohen, The Elephant in the Room, London, 2019, pp. 36-39, no. 15 Exhibition: The Elephant in the Room, Cohen & Cohen, London, 2019 出版: Cohen & Cohen, 《The Elephant in the Room》,倫敦,2019年,頁36-39,圖錄編號15 展覽: 《The Elephant in the Room》,倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行,2019年 This finely painted bowl is one of a small group made to celebrate the significant naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place April 9-12, 1782. The maritime scene is taken from a 1783 engraving by Francis Chisholm and John Paltrow after a painting by Robert Dodd (1748-1815). The British fleet under Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (1718-1792) defeated a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse. (fig. 1) Rodney is credited with introducing the tactic of 'breaking the line' which defeated the French fleet on the third day. The ship right of center has been identified as the Saint Albans, commanded by Captain Charles Inglis, whose brother was a Director of the East India Company and may have been instrumental in the ordering of these bowls. The satirical scene is after an engraving titled 'Politeness,' which is known in several versions and is attributed to James Gillray (1756-1815) depicting confrontations between national stereotypes and originally published in 1779. (fig. 2) This example, from the first order (later examples lack the two figures and are replaced with a picturesque coastal scene) would appear to be one of a small number made for the English market, all of which have a satirical image of the two figures seen here. The legend above the figure on the left states 'You be damned' and above the other 'Vous etes une bete' (You are a beast). From beneath their chairs their dogs also exchange snarls. See other examples of this pattern in Hervouët & Bruneau 1986, p. 49, no. 2.38; The Royal Maritime Museum at Greenwich; and the Peabody Essex Museum, in Sargent 2012, no. 175, 328-9, with more related works listed.

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