Minneapolis Institute of Art
Documentary shipping bowl
China
- Date
- late 18th century
- Medium
- Porcelain
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This bowl offers a view of 18th century nautical life with ten sailors engaged in various activities, including catching crabs, carousing, and drinking. The bowl's text refers to a dispute over sailors' wages under Ship Steward William Brown aboard the Middlesex , a trading ship belonging to England's East India Company. China, Asia
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