Large china punch bowl. Qianlong, 18th century, circa 1755. Decorated in grisaille and gold with two rocaille cartouches with Masonic symbols, framed with discarded flowers, ironwork frieze on the inner rim, gilding on the rim, small wears.

Large china punch bowl. Qianlong, 18th century, circa 1755. Decorated in grisaille and gold with two rocaille cartouches with Masonic symbols, framed with discarded flowers, ironwork frieze on the inner rim, gilding on the rim, small wears.
D: 28,5 cm
Provenance:
Ordered for the Three Locks Lodge (or three locks) in Gotteborg.
For another similar model preserved in the collections of the Musée national de Sèvres-Cité de la Céramique, illustrated and qualified "Rs" (extremely rare), see by F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à décor occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 288. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.