国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 2月5日 01時58分

This is one of our favorite super bowls. It's a Hong bowl. Curator Bonnie Campbell Lilienfeld explains, "The Hong bowl is fascinating because it shows the area in Canton, China, where foreign traders, including Americans, were made to live and work in the 18th century." "Hongs" were office, warehouse, and living spaces for foreign merchants and centers of trade for highly desirable goods such as teas, silks, and porcelains. ?

Look closely to spot the Stars and Stripes outside the American factory on the bowl. The flag's presence suggests that the bowl was made in or after 1785, following America's entry into direct trade with China in 1784. (The Chinese artist painted the stars in blue on the white porcelain background, probably for technical reasons rather than in error). Flags from France, Britain, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden also can be seen outside their respective factories. ?

Punch bowls depicting the hongs were exotic souvenir items, brought back to America by the East Coast entrepreneurs who sailed to China as independent merchants. Punch bowls were a must-have at festive male gatherings in the clubs, societies, and private homes of the port cities on the American East Coast in the late 18th century. ?

We are lucky to have this bowl at all. The @スミソニアン博物館 acquired this bowl in 1961. Before coming to the museum, the bowl had been broken and repaired and then heavily damaged in a 1958 fire. After the fire, a ceramics restorer reconstructed the bowl from the shattered fragments. Once it came to the Smithsonian, conservators performed a radical restoration. ?

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