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Lot 220
A large Chinese porcelain vase, of bulbous form with wide trumpet neck, finely enamelled with precious objects amidst scrolling foliage and lotus flowers, the foot decorated with quails, rockwork and flowering chrysanthemums, the neck with birds in flight and chrysanthemums, Guangxu six character mark in red, probably Republic period, 45.7cm approx.
Lot 157
A CHINESE WUCAI JAR, TRANSITIONAL painted with precious objects on blue peaks and a sea of iron red waves, 17cm h, wood stand and cover For similar decoration on four Transitional jars see Pinto de Matos (MA), Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastacio Goncalvez, Lisbon 1996, No 79. ++The jar with two small drilled holes on the shoulder on either side and some localised enamel flaking, no restoration. On the inside of the jar a small star crack that does not penetrate to the outer surface. No restoration
Lot 62
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, KANGXI (1662-1722) the pear-shaped body rising from a straight foot to a tapering neck, painted to the exterior with pendent lappet-shaped cartouches divided by foliate scrolls and variously enclosing stylised floral sprays, all between ruyi and pointed lappets, the neck similarly decorated with stylised ruyi motifs below a lappet band, the neck reduced and bound with a silver rim 27.5cm high
Lot 66
A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ARMORIAL PART DINNER SERVICE, WITH ARMS OF STIBBERT, QIANLONG (1736-95), CIRCA 1785 painted with the coat of arms within borders and the motto 'Per Ardua ad Astra', comprising: two baskets and stands, two butter dishes, stands and covers, two custard pots and covers, two pierced-rim dishes, two oval ashets, three octagonal small plates, ten dinner plates, nine soup plates, six cups of which three two-handled, one slop bowl, six tea bowls and eight saucers (61) The arms of Stibbert were granted in 1768 and this service was most likely commissioned by Frederick Stibbert. Little is known of him, although his namesake Frederick Stibbert (b. 1838), heir to a considerable fortune, amassed a vast collection of fine art, armour and antiques which was later bequeathed to the city of Florence, where it is still to be seen today in the Museo Stibbert. The collection includes further pieces from this service. Frederick's father, Thomas, of the Coldstream Guards, fought in the Napoleonic wars, and his grandfather Giles had been Governor of Bengal. Literature: David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. 1 pg. 863 and vol. 2 pg. 749.
Lot 67
A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ARMORIAL PART SERVICE, LATE 18TH CENTURY painted with a central coat of arms within multiple decorative borders, comprising: eight cups, a tea caddy, a cream jug and cover, a tea pot and cover, eight tea bowls, twelve saucers of varying sizes, four slop bowls, another bowl and a small oval dish (39)
Lot 68
A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TEACUPS, 18TH CENTURY comprising; a group of five teacups of mandarin pattern with spearhead borders, four of various patterns, a slop bowl of ogee form, a blue and white tea cup, and a Japanese imari tea cup, together with four European tea cups slop bowl 6cm high (16)
Lot 475
A pair of Chinese export porcelain blue and white meat platters 18th century, painted with long-tailed birds perched on rockwork beneath prunus and peony sprays, the shaped rims with further floral sprays, and an octagonal plate painted with similar flowers within a formal border, 28.2cm max. (3) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 481
Three Chinese export porcelain pear-shaped teapots 18th century, one painted in underglaze blue with the Boy on a Buffalo pattern, one side with the eponymous figure chasing a butterfly, the reverse with a single buffalo beneath willow, a fluted teapot painted with chysanthemum and peony sprays, and a teapot from the Ca Mau Cargo, left in the white, some faults, 15cm max. (6) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 482
Two Chinese porcelain blue and white saucers Kangxi 1662-1722, painted with the Jumping Boy pattern of a small boy and his mother, one with a peony panel and diaper border the other with a simple border of auspicious objects, four character marks, 10.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 459
Four Chinese export porcelain teabowls and saucers 18th century, three variously decorated with sprays of European flowers, the last with peony and chrysanthemum, a coffee cup and saucer with later floral panels sympathetically added to an underglaze blue design, a saucer well decorated with Chinese figures, a white-enamelled saucer and a similar teabowl, minor faults, 14.2cm max. (13) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 474
A Chinese export porcelain punchbowl 18th century, painted in underglaze blue with panels of Chinese figures reserved on a cracked ice ground, with overglaze red highlights, two plates, one with a formal design, the other with a moulded rim, and a straining dish for the European market, some damages, 26.5cm max. (4) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 461
A collection of Chinese export porcelain blue and white tea wares 18th century, with later European gilding, variously decorated with pagoda landscapes. Comprising: two teapots and covers, a saucer dish, a plate, two saucers, a teapot stand, a milk jug, two coffee cups and three teabowls. (15) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 441
A Chinese armorial teabowl Qianlong c.1750, painted in the famille rose palette with the arms of Langton, the reverse with sprays of European flowers, the interior with a red and gilt foliate band, 7.7cm dia. This service was one of two made for Nicholas Langton of Danganmore, Co. Kilkenny, and of Cadiz in Spain. Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain Vol. I, p.952. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 456
Four Chinese porcelain teabowls and saucers 18th century, two from the Ca Mau cargo, variously painted with Chinese figures beneath willow trees, one octagonal and simply painted with a landscape, one of miniature size decorated with two buffalo, another saucer from the Ca Mau cargo decorated with the Search for Plum Blossom pattern, and a lobed saucer painted with an equestrian figure, 11.6cm max. (10) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 253
Three blue and white plates decorated with the Broken Scroll pattern 18th century, one Chinese porcelain, one Bow porcelain and one Dublin delftware, painted with an unfurled manuscript depicting flowering peony issuing from holey rockwork, the delftware plate cracked, 22.5cm. (2) Cf. Peter Francis, Irish Delftware, pl.12 and pp.105-106 for a discussion on the influence of Bow porcelain on Dublin delftware. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 436
A pair of Chinese armorial octagonal plates Qianlong c.1750, decorated en grisaille with the arms of Montague quartering Monthermer impaling Richards with Richards in pretence, the shield with the motto Otium Cum Dignitate, within a gilt spearhead border, four floral sprays to the rim, 22.3cm. (2) This service was made for George, the last Earl of Halifax, descended from the Dukes of Manchester, of Montague and of the Earls of Sandwich. For a full explanation cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, L5, p.354. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 435
A pair of Chinese porcelain armorial octagonal plates Qianlong c.1760, decorated in the famille rose palette with a coat of arms believed to be for the Ryder or Rider family of Yorkshire, a gilt chain border to the cavetto, the rims with four sprays of Oriental flowers, 23cm. (2) Cf. David Sanctaury Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, Q6, p.561. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 454
A Chinese export porcelain teabowl and saucer 18th century, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red with birds in bamboo and prunus, a similar saucer in the Imari palette, a Batavian ware saucer with later red enamel decoration, a jug and cover with later European decoration in red and gilt, and a hexagonal saucer decorated with panels of auspicious objects, some damages, 13.5cm max. (7) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 449
A Chinese export porcelain punchbowl and guglet 18th century, painted in the European manner with a suspended shield bearing the monogrammed initials JSM in blue and gilt, and a similarly decorated large mug with the initials JS, 29cm max. (3) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 471
Four Chinese export porcelain plates 18th century, painted in the famille rose palette with peony and rockwork beside ornamental fences, one with two figures and a deer, another with auspicious objects, and a small bowl with flowers and pink diaper panels, some damages, 23.4cm max. (5) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 439
A Chinese porcelain armorial custard cup and cover Qianlong c.1795, decorated with the arms of Francis, Earl Annesley, the cover with a gilt and blue vine garland, the crest supported by a Roman Knight and a Moorish Prince above the motto Virtutis Amore, a chip to the inside footrim, 8.5cm. (2) Francis Annesley, the 1st Earl of Annesley and 2nd Viscount Glenawly was born in 1740 and created an earl in 1789. He died in 1802. Cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, F11, p.280. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 469
Two Chinese export porcelain teapot stands Qianlong 1736-95, and three spoon trays, one stand painted with a vase of European flowers within a blue Fitzhugh border, the other with Chinese figures seated around a table, one spoon tray painted in the Mandarin style with figures, one en grisaille with a Chinese landscape, the smallest of toy size and decorated with birds, one broken and restuck, 13.2cm max. (5) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 451
A Chinese export porcelain slop bowl dated 1750, decorated en grisaille and in gilt with monogrammed initials within stylized foliate motifs, bearing the date 20/9/1750, a European subject teapot and tea canister and cover, similarly decorated with Jupiter holding a thunderbolt and Juno with a peacock, beneath an elaborate border, some damages, the teapot's spout a replacement, 19.2cm max. (4) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 485
A Chinese porcelain European-decorated teabowl 18th century, the lobed shape with faint anhua lines and originally enamelled in white with flower sprays, later painted in Europe in puce monochrome with a lady in Western dress standing in a garden, the interior with a landscape scene, mounted on an ormolu tripod stand, the teabowl with a hairline crack, 7.5cm overall.
Lot 466
A Chinese export porcelain part tea service 2nd half 18th century, decorated in the European manner with dragonflies in flight above tied censers of flowers within gilded garlands, en grisaille and in gilt. Comprising: a teapot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug and cover, a slop bowl, a coffee cup, a teabowl, a saucer, a saucer dish and an English porcelain plate in the same pattern, made as a replacement. (12) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 453
A small collection of Chinese blue and white export porcelain 18th century, decorated with dense scenes of Chinese pagoda landscapes within Fitzhugh and cell diaper borders, including a teapot stand, a small plate, two cups, a teabowl and a custard cup, three pieces with traces of European gilding, 17.6cm max. (6) Patterns of this type were widely copied at many English factories, especially when transfer printing began, and elements of these landscapes are widely recognisable in today's Willow Wares. Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 446
A pair of Chinese armorial octagonal plates c.1770, painted with a coat of arms believed to be for Shepheard beneath the motto Mean Harm to None, the wells with sprays of famille rose flowers, further sprigs to the rims within gilt spearhead borders, some chipping, 23.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard. Paper labels for the Diana Edwards Collection. Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, p.522, P.24.
Lot 447
A rare Chinese porcelain armorial dish dated 1791, of small size, painted with the quartered arms of Chadwick within blue and gilt borders, the reverse inscribed 'Canton in China 24th Jan. 1791', 15.9cm. The arms are those of the old Staffordshire family of Chadwick quartering the ancient family coats of Malvesym, Carden and Bagot. Cf. D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol II, W1, p.741. Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 458
Two Chinese export porcelain trios and other teawares 18th century, one trio decorated in the Bristol manner with green and black flower swags, one fluted with European flower sprays within green and gilt bands, a teabowl and saucer decorated with grisaille and gilt flowers, a similar coffee cup, a teabowl and saucer with European flower garlands, three saucers various decorated, and two teabowls painted with figures and flowers, 14cm max. (16) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 569
A Bow blue and white teapot with associated cover 1760-65, printed with a figure on a bridge before tall pagodas and trees in a Chinese river landscape, the reverse with bamboo and a fence, the cover painted with Oriental landscape vignettes, the cover matched but still Bow, 17.8cm across. (2) Cf. Elizabeth Adams and David Redstone, Bow Porcelain, pl.80 for a saucer printed in the same pattern. Transfer-printing in underglaze blue never reached the output of contemporary factories such as Worcester, Caughley and Lowestoft.
Lot 457
Two Chinese export porcelain patty pans 17th/18th century, one decorated with a stag within a panelled Kraak type border, the other with a pagoda landscape, a jug painted with a vase of auspicious objects on a low table, a small bowl from the Tek Sing Cargo, and an undecorated ovoid tea canister from the Nanking Cargo, encrusted with coral and other sealife, 13cm max. (5) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 366
A large French porcelain pastille burner or vase and cover late 19th/20th century, modelled as a richly caparisoned elephant bearing three seated Chinese figures on his back, one playing a mandolin, the other holding a pierced gilded vase, the shaped base moulded with a Tibetan buddhistic figure, red dt mark, some damages, 31cm across. (2)
Lot 477
A Chinese export porcelain strawberry dish 18th century, painted in underglaze blue to imitate Worcester's Pinecone pattern, an octagonal plate painted with a European landscape scene, and another plate from the Nanking Cargo decorated with a Chinese landscape, 23.3cm max. (3) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 452
A small collection of Chinese export porcelain tea wares 2nd half 18th century, decorated in the Mandarin palette with scenes of Chinese figures in garden settings, within elaborate scrolled borders of landscape panels and floral motifs on gilt or diaper grounds. Comprising: a saucer dish, a milk jug, a rare salt, two saucers, a coffee cup and an ogee shape cup. (7) Elements of the designs shown here were picked up and recreated on New Hall (especially the Boy in the Window pattern), and also on Swansea pieces from c.1815-17 which echoed the elaborate border as well as the palette used. Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 480
A Chinese porcelain blue and white teabowl and saucer Kangxi 1662-1722, of large size, painted with a scene of Guanyin nursing a baby beneath birds perched on tall chrysanthemum sprays, with two small attendants beside, a flowerhead mark to the base, 13.8cm. (2) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 566
A large Lowestoft blue and white jug c.1790, finely printed with a Chinese landscape pattern of a multi-storeyed pagoda beside tall trees and rockwork, small figures and boats beside, the rim with an elaborate cell diaper border, the spout fitted with a strainer, the cover lacking, a small chip to the spout, 19.2cm. Cf. Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, pl.18, no.210 for an identical example.
Lot 460
Four Chinese export porcelain blue and white teabowls and saucers 18th century, one from the Cau Mau cargo with figures in a landscape, one from the Nanking Cargo with a pagoda landscape, one of large size with a formal design, one Batavian ware, an ogee shape large cup and saucer with a pagoda landscape, and a coffee cup and saucer with a formal design, old paper labels to the base for 'Oriental Lowestoft', 14cm max. (12) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 473
A Chinese export porcelain European subject tea canister and cover 18th century, the ovoid form depicting Dutch or English traders in a harbour scene, and a milk jug commemorating a marriage, painted with a couple holding a heart above gilt monogrammed initials, some faults, 12.2cm max. (3) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 465
A small collection of Chinese export porcelain blue and white teawares 18th century, variously decorated with flowers, figures, birds and formal designs, including a teabowl and saucer, a moulded teabowl and saucer mounted with silver as a cup, two teabowls, four saucers, a capuchine and a small mug, some damages, 13.5cm max. (12) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 472
Two Chinese porcelain coffee pots 18th century, one painted with Chinese figures in a garden setting, one playing the flute and another preparing tea, the other with large famille rose chrysanthemum sprays, fitted with an English silver and wood handle, hinged to the cover, the other cover lacking, 25cm max. (2) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 498
Three Liverpool porcelain coffee cups and two teabowls c.1770-80, two blue and white Pennington's cups painted with pine and prunus trees in an Oriental landscape, a polychrome coffee cup painted with two Chinese figures beside a tree, one teabowl painted in polychrome enamels with a large flowering peony spray, the other printed and coloured with Oriental figures in garden settings, some minor damages, 8.5cm max. (5)
Lot 463
A small collection of Chinese export porcelain 18th century, decorated in the European manner with sprays of polychrome flowers within pink diaper and pink scale borders, including a plate, a saucer, two small bowls, a covered jug, another jug, and a coffee cup, 23.5cm max. (8) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 438
A Chinese porcelain armorial circular dish Qianlong c.1795, decorated with the arms of Francis, Earl Annesley, the rim with a gilt and blue vine garland, the crest supported by a Roman Knight and a Moorish Prince above the motto Virtutis Amore, some damages to the rim, 25cm. Francis Annesley, the 1st Earl of Annesley and 2nd Viscount Glenawly was born in 1740 and created an earl in 1789. He died in 1802. Cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, F11, p.280. Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
Lot 470
Two Chinese porcelain blue and white teapots and two jugs 18th century, one teapot of rounded square form and applied with European silver mounts, the other lacking its cover and painted with prunus sprays, a helmet ewer painted with a pagoda landscape, a covered jug moulded with lotus petals and with European silver mounts, and a miniature vase mounted in silver as a teapot, 13.5cm max. (7) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
Lot 462
A small collection of Chinese export porcelain tea wares 2nd half 18th century, decorated in the famille rose palette, a teabowl and saucer painted with a cockerel amidst peony, a similarly decorated coffee cup, a cup and saucer and a milk jug painted with Chinese figures, a cup painted with a figure and a buffalo, and a small jug with later English enamelling of Oriental flowers in panels, some faults, 12.2cm max. (8) Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.
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