Chinese export porcelain punch bowl with Masonic symbols in enamels of the famille rose (fencai) palette, Qianlong reign

Very rare and fine Chinese export porcelain punch bowl with Masonic symbols inside and out beneath series of narrow neoclassical borders, decorated in lime green, black, gilt and iron-red opaque enamels of the famillerose palette (fencai), c. 1780, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, ø 40 cm, 15¾ in. 6.12063

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 103.

Literature:

• Philadelphians and the China Trade 1784-1844, catalogue exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984, for a similar bowl inscribed Eckfeldt for John Eckfeldt, from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, John Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection, gift of Mrs John Frederick Lewis;

• New York and the China Trade, by D.S. Howard, cat. C41 for a smaller bowl with this type of decoration whose original owner was Robert L. Livingston (1746-1813) from Clermont, now at the New York Historical Society, gift of Samuel Hoffman. 

非常珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩潘趣酒碗，碗的里外都繪有共濟會標誌，碗沿有一系列狹長的青檸綠，黑色，描金及礬紅色新古典紋飾， 約1780年，清乾隆，口徑40釐米，15¾ 英吋。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 103。

參考文獻：

•《1784-1844 費城與中國貿易》，見1984年費城藝術博物館展覽圖錄一近器，器身寫有代表John Eckfeldt 的Eckfeldt字樣，此碗來自John Frederick Lewis紀念收藏，John Frederick Lewis太太將其作為禮 物贈給賓夕法尼亞美術學院；

•《紐約及中國貿易》，作者D.S. Howard, 參見C41號一有相同紋飾的小碗，此碗最初為克萊蒙的Robert L. Livingston（1746-1813）所有，現存於紐約歷史協會，為Samuel Hoffman所贈。