Punchbowl Punch bowl with mounting; An interior scene is shown on both sides of the spherical porcelain pot. On one side are depicted two slender female figures; who hand over a wrapped qin (lute) to a child; a performance from the Chinese story The History of the Western Chamber '. On the other side a high soldier is depicted; flanked by two saber-guarded guards and a kneeling man in civilian clothing; a scene from a military history. The slightly spherical lid is decorated with The Hundred Children; a common symbolization of happiness in China; ornament derived from plant forms; anonymous; Amsterdam; c. 1675 - c. 1699 and/or 1851; Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722); pot en deksel; monturen; engraving; h 22.9 cm d 23.3 cm d 20.5 cm