2022-6-23

英国女王的瓷器藏品，品种丰富，中西结合，应有尽有。而且每一件都是精品，百看不厌。清末广州十叁行的潘趣碗，这里也有一件：

• A Chinese porcelain punch bowl with rounded, spreading sides. Painted around the outside, in black outline and colors, is a view of the 13 hongs (also known as the Canton factories) on the waterfront at Canton, with the Dutch, British, Swedish, French, and other flags flying and boats in the foreground. On the foot is a red-and-gold key-fret and spearhead border, and inside, a green and red border with pendant frieze of vases among scrolling motifs, and in the center, a roundel with a flower vase within a green border of fruit and flowers. Bowls painted with this subject were produced for export from about 1780, with the American hong and flag being added to the scene in about 1785.

这样的潘趣碗，在我们镇子上的博物馆里有两件，一件在一楼展览，可以近距离观看，和女王的那一只，图片相似，可是个头更大。

一个在叁楼的玻璃窗里，和其他的外销瓷一起，不注意很容易就能给漏掉。这一只潘趣碗，有美利坚的旗子，应该是稍晚几年的。