Chinese export porcelain soup tureen decorated in pink opaque enamel from the famille rose (fencai) palette with the Fitzhugh pattern, Jiaqing reign.

Exceptional Chinese export porcelain soup tureen, cover and stand decorated in pink opaque enamel from the famille rose (fencai) palette with the Fitzhugh pattern and a gilt medallion with a European house and carriage, c. 1800, Jiaqing reign, Qing dynasty, w. of stand 36 cm, 14¼ in. 4.13170

Illustrated: Yuan to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2016/2017, cat. 107.

Bibliography:

• The Garbisch Collection, Pokety Farms, Sotheby Parke Bernet sale catalogue on 22/23 May 1980, lot 333/345 for pieces of this service;

• Yang-ts’ai: The Foreign Colors, Rose Porcelains of the Ch’ing Dynasty, by H.A. Crosby Forbes, 1982 Milton, MA, p. 33, cat. 42 for a plate with the same decoration.

◆ Elements of this border pattern were first seen in Chinese porcelain in the 1760’s. 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.

獨特且非常珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩帶蓋湯盆及托盤，器身繪Fitzhugh式樣並有一處圓形描金開光，內繪一幢歐式房屋及馬車，約1800年，清嘉慶，托盤寬36釐米，14 ¼英吋。

圖例：《元代至清代陶瓷》，作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯，2016/2017， 目录 107。

參考書目：

•《Garbisch收藏》，Pokety Farms 專場，1980年5月22、23號蘇富比Parke Bernet拍賣目錄，參見編號333、345出自同一套餐具的瓷器；

•《洋彩：外來的顏色，清代粉彩瓷器》，作者H.A. Crosby Forbes，馬瑟諸塞州米爾頓1982 年出版，參見第33頁，編號42帶有相同紋飾的瓷盤一隻。

◆ 這種邊飾元素在18世紀60年代首次出現與中國瓷器上。约1775年Hoare家族订制的成套晚餐餐具上 已有蝴蝶展翅图案，后来因為FitzHugh家族的一套餐具才正式给此纹饰命名。