Asian Art

Arms of Liberty Punch Bowl

The Arms of Liberty Punch Bowl is a type of Chinese export porcelain punch bowls made for the British and Thirteen Colonies markets from 1769 to 1775. Produced in Jingdezhen, China, the bowls depict a caricature of John Wilkes and William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, side by side in opposition. Made during a time of revolutionary fervor leading up to the American Revolution, the bowls saw popularity amongst American Patriots, British reformists, and radicals.

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• ▸An Lushan rebellion
• ▸Heptapleurum
• ▸Hakuin Ekaku

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