{"id":8641,"date":"2017-03-12T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2017-03-12T19:20:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T23:20:35","slug":"qianlong-punch-pot-c-1760","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8641","title":{"rendered":"Qianlong punch pot, c.1760"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This large porcelain Chinese punch pot with blue &amp; white floral decoration was made during the Qianlong period (1736-1795). It measures nearly 9 inches high and 11 inches from handle to spout.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1700s, alcoholic punch, which consisted of spirits, water, sugar, nutmeg, and spices, was served in what looks like oversized teapots. I guess too much alcohol was added to an early batch, as whoever held\u00a0this pot at the time was a bit tipsy and dropped it. After the handle shattered, it was taken to a tinker who made a bronze replacement. The raw metal was wrapped in wicker\u00a0to protect one&#8217;s hands from\u00a0the hot contents of the pot. Over the past 200 years or so since the repair was made, much of the wicker has fallen off, exposing the metal. I can only hope that the next person who fills this pot with hot punch remains sober and keeps a tight grasp\u00a0on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11995\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5639.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5639-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5639-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11992\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5633.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5633.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5633-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5633-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11993\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11993\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5634.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5634-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5634-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11991\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5631-Version-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5631-Version-2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5631-Version-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5631-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11994\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11994\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5635-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5635-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5635-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5635-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This punch pot of similar form shows with the original handle on mine most likely looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11996\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/727378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/727378.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/727378-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/727378-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/doyle.com\">Doyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This large porcelain Chinese punch pot with blue &amp; white floral decoration was made during the Qianlong period (1736-1795). It measures nearly 9 inches high and 11 inches from handle to spout. In the mid-1700s, alcoholic punch, which consisted of spirits, water, sugar, nutmeg, and spices, was served in what looks like oversized teapots. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[15,7,40,76,93],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-punch-pot","tag-blue-white","tag-chinese","tag-metal-handle","tag-qianlong","tag-rattan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8641"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12016,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions\/12016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}