The English foxhunt scenes inspired by James Seymour paintings, which were conveyed to China through prints, such as those by Thomas Burford (1710-1779), and became the subject of numerous hunting bowls in the second half of the 18th century. The scene to the interior closely after Burford's print The Pointers & Pheasants, 1786.
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