A Chinese porcelain punch bowl with rounded, spreading sides. Painted round the outside, in black outline and colours, is a view of the 13 hongs (also known as the Canton factories) on the waterfront at Canton, with the Dutch, British, Swedish, French and other flags flying and boats in the foreground. On the foot is a red-and-gold key-fret and spearhead border, and inside, a green and red border with pendent frieze of vases among scrolling motifs, and in the centre, a roundel with a flower vase within a green border of fruit and flowers.

Bowls painted with this subject were produced for export from about 1780, with the American hong and flag being added to the scene about 1785.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume II.