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factory. The presence of the French flag alone may Outside is a continuous scene covering the
represent a date before 1779.3 Finally, another entire surface, showing a view of the foreign
element that may provide a clue to the production factories, also known as hongs, on the bank
date is the two trees placed between the Danish of the Pearl River in Canton. (...) The scene
and French factories. According to Van Dyke and appears to be depicted at sunset, with the river
Mok, views of the city dated between 1772 and 1781, painted in purple enamel, and the pale blue
show these trees, but they disappear after that date.4 sky with a red hue on the horizon.
A punch bowl, possibly made at the same time 1 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, p. 9.
as this one, with identical identifiable features 2 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, p. 10.
in the composition, is in the National Museum of 3 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, p. 16.
World Culture, Sweden.5 Comparable ‘hong bowls’, 4 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, p. 12.
with similar decoration, showing the Imperial flag 5 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, no.12, figs. A-B.
with the double-headed eagle near the French flag, 6 U.S. Department of State, inv. no. 1965.0004.3.
are more common. There are examples of these 7 Krahl and Harrison-Hall, 1994, pp. 84-5, fig. 34.
in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. 8 Van Dyke and Mok, 2015, no. 15, figs. A-C.
Department of State in Washington,6 in the British 9 Brawer, 1992, p. 10, no. 1.
Museum in London,7 in the Henry Francis Dupont 10 Mézin, 2002, p. 142, fig. 118.
Winterthur Museum, Delaware,8 and in the former 11 Pinto de Matos, 2011, vol. II, p. 270-73, no. 347.
Elvehjem, now Chazen Museum of Art.9 Further 12 Hervouët and Bruneau, 1986, p. 27, no. 1.27.
examples are in the Musée de la Compagnie
des Indes, in Lorient,10 in the RA Collection,11
and in a private collection.12 •
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