Pair of Chinese porcelain pomegranate tureens with stands, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

Pair of Chinese export porcelain pomegranate tureens with stands, covers moulded with three pomegranates, their stem forming the finial, the rim of the cover and stand in a Fitzhugh type pattern, the tureen body and stand painted in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with pagodas in a landscape, c. 1780, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, d. stand: 21,5 cm, 8½ in. 1.9109/1.9111

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 104.

◆ Elements of this border pattern were first seen in Chinese porcelain in the 1760s. A dinner service from c. 1775 ordered by the Hoare family already had the butterfly with open wings. A later service owned by the FitzHugh family gave the style its name.

中國外銷瓷青花石榴湯碗及托盤一對，碗蓋上模壓出三隻石榴，石榴莖構成蓋鈕，碗蓋及碗托折沿處。

為英國Fitzhugh式圖案，器身及托盤均繪有青花山水寶塔紋飾。約1780年。托直徑：21.5釐米，8½英吋。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 104。

◆ 這種邊飾元素在18世紀60年代首次見於中國瓷器。約1775年Hoare家族訂燒的成套餐具上已有

蝴蝶展翅的圖案。但此款式卻是因後來Fitzhugh家族訂燒的餐具而命名。