2022-6-23

英國女王的瓷器藏品，品種豐富，中西結合，應有盡有。而且每一件都是精品，百看不厭。清末廣州十叄行的潘趣碗，這裡也有一件：

• 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.

這樣的潘趣碗，在我們鎮子上的博物館裡有兩件，一件在一樓展覽，可以近距離觀看，和女王的那一隻，圖片相似，可是個頭更大。

一個在叄樓的玻璃窗里，和其他的外銷瓷一起，不注意很容易就能給漏掉。這一隻潘趣碗，有美利堅的旗子，應該是稍晚幾年的。