Late 18th C. Large Hand-painted Chinese Export Serving/Punch Bowl with Gorgeous Staple Repairs blue and white lidded stoneware crock This is a very rare

This is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes

) carved into the well at one end

and short upturned rope tail

though some animals too) and drawings

and so pretty I think

Late 18th C. Large Hand-painted Chinese Export Serving/Punch Bowl with Gorgeous Staple Repairs blue and white lidded stoneware crock This is a very rareYum! A great big late 18th century "Armorial" Chinese Export porcelain bowl, typically described as a punch bowl, with a long band of staple repairs extending from one side to the other across the bottom and all the way up to the lip on both sides, plus a few extra around the rim to boot. With finely hand painted designs in gold and navy, including monograms on opposite sides, and floral sprigs in between and at the interior center. I'm a sucker for