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拍品專文
The founding of the Grand Lodge of England, also known as 'The Grand Lodge of the Moderns' in 1717 marks the begining of craft freemasonry in England. In 1751 a schism occured within the Lodge, creating a second group, known as the 'Ancients', with its own rituals. It was not until 1813 that these two Lodges would reunite. For a bowl bearing the arms of the Grand Lodge of the Moderns, see David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 333, pl. K3.