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Lot 110
A RARE CHINESE PALE CAFE-AU-LAIT OGEE-SHAPED BOWLSIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95The circular waisted bowl raised on a short straight foot, the exterior decorated with an even pale brown glaze complementing the white-glazed interior, the base also white with an underglaze-blue reign mark in zhuanshu script, 15.5cm. Provenance: formerly with Marchant, London; purchased from D & M Freedman, London, 17th February 2010, a copy of the invoice is available.The type of glaze known as café-au-lait, or 'milky coffee', is technically complex to achieve and was only mastered in the Yongzheng period (1723-35). It involves the use of iron oxide in the glaze, a pigment that can yield an extraordinary variety of tones including black, green, red and yellow, depending on its concentration and the conditions in the kiln, particularly the reduction atmosphere regulating the oxidisation process during firing. The taste for the simplicity of these single-tone glazes has a long-standing history in Chinese ceramic production dating back to the Song period. It became particularly popular during the early Qing dynasty, especially during the reigns of the Emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong. The sophisticated court taste of the time valued it for the apparent simplicity of its appearance belying the virtuosity required in its production. The use of a café-au-lait glaze on ogee-shaped bowls is scarce, making the present lot a rarity. There is closely related pair from the Percival David Foundation in the British Museum, London, accession nos.PDF,A.572 and PDF,A.573. Another pair is in the Christina Loke Balsara Collection, illustrated in L Legeza's article 'The Grace of Eighteenth Century Chingtechen Monochromes' in Arts of Asia, November-December 1979, pp.95-6, nos.14 and 15. A further pair and a single bowl from the Zhuyuetang Collection are illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, nos.152 and 151.清乾隆 米黃釉束腰碗《大清乾隆年製》篆書款來源：倫敦馬錢特古董店舊藏，其後於2010年2月17日購於倫敦D & M Freedman 古董店（附發票複印件）。
Lot 10
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'G' MARKED 'LADIES' BOTTLE VASESKANGXI 1662-1722Each of hexagonal section, painted with six cartouches reserved against a cracked-ice ground, depicting ladies at leisure in fenced gardens, antiques and scholars with their attendants holding qins, the necks decorated with bands of lappets and ruyi-heads, all raised on high splayed feet, each with a 'G' mark to the base, 20.1cm. (2)Provenance: from the collection of the 9th Marquis of Waterford, Henry Nicholas de la Poer (b.1958) of Curraghmore, County Waterford.Cf. Sotheby's New York, Cross-Currents in America: The Wolf Family Collection, 21st April 2023, lot 750 for an almost identical pair of Kangxi hexagonal 'ladies' vases with 'G' marks. See also the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, collection no. LL 6450-51-52 for other related examples.Although 'G' marks have not been identified with any particular person, it has been suggested that the mark was used to distinguish pieces made for a specific European trader, or perhaps for a member of the Dutch East India Company. Porcelain with this mark is usually of a high standardised quality, reinforcing the view that 'G' marks may suggest these items were custom made for an individual. Christian Jörg in his work, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, supports this theory citing the example of so-called Japanese 'apothecary bottles' which also make use of a set of initials encircled on the body. See also RL Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, p.143 for a further discussion of these marks.清康熙 青花開光仕女博古圖六棱瓶 一對來源：愛爾蘭沃特福德克拉莫爾第九代沃特福德侯爵Henry Nicholas de la Poer (1958年生) 的收藏。
Lot 181
An early 20th century inlaid mahogany davenport, with fitted interiors enclosed by hinged lift panels, gilt-tooled leather writing surface, four short drawers to the right and mock drawers to the left, all with brass swan-neck handles, on bar feet with ceramic castors, 54cm wide x 91cm high x 52cm deep.
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