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Chinese export porcelain mug decorated in opaque enamels with the American flag on a man-of-war, Qianlong reign.

Stock Number: 4325

Large Chinese export porcelain mug decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette with the American flag (8 stars) on a man-of-war, with blue enamel border, double strapped handle, c. 1790, late in the Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 14 cm, 5½ in, ø 11 cm, 4¼ in. 6.13078

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 117.

Provenance:

• Ben Edwards Collection, Saint Louis, USA, no. 3191;

• Henry Moog Collection, Atlanta, USA.

Literature:

Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 166, cat. 61 for a similar but smaller mug;

Chinese Export Porcelain, by J.M. Mudge, University of Delaware Press 1962, pp. 166/7, for different pieces with the same decoration but not a mug;

Chinese Export Porcelain from the Reeves Collection at the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, USA 1973, p. 40, colour plate VIII for a similar mug but with the inscription “Saturday Night”;

Oriental Lowestoft, Chinese Export Porcelain, by J.A. Lloyd-Hyde, New York 1936, plate XXIII, cat. 89/92 for various pieces with the American flag.

中國外銷瓷粉彩大啤酒杯,繪有一艘軍艦上插著帶有8顆星的美國國旗,藍釉邊飾,有兩個帶形把手,约1790年,清乾隆晚期,高14厘米,5 1/2英寸;直径11厘米,4¼ 英寸。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 117。

藏品出處:

•美國聖路易斯Ben Edwards珍藏,編號3191;

•美國亞特蘭大Henry Moog珍藏。

參考文獻:

•《東印度公司的瓷器》,作者M. Beurdeley,1974年瑞士弗里堡出版,參見 第166頁第61 號一略小但相似的馬克杯;

•《中國外銷瓷器》,作者J.M. Mudge,1962年德拉華大學出版社出版,見第166/167頁繪相同圖案的近似器(無馬克杯);

•《萊星頓Washington and Lee大學Reeves收藏中國外銷瓷》,1973年美國弗吉尼亞州出版,見彩圖版8一件近似馬克杯,不過字樣為“週六晚上(Saturday Night)”;

•《東方的洛斯托夫特,中國外銷瓷器》,作者J.A. Lloyd-Hyde,1936年紐約出版,見圖版23,編號89/92數件飾美國國旗的近似器。