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Lot 232
AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE circular, painted to the well with two scholars seated at a table in a garden within a surround of lotus flowers, leaves and clouds, bordered with flower heads and leaf sprays, 23.5cm (repaired), together with an 18th century Chinese fluted saucer dish painted with rock-work, flowers, bird and insect to the well, within a simple leaf border 12cm (2)
Lot 486
A large Chinese armorial dish, decorated with a lavish bearing for the arms of Douglas, quartering Douglas of Dalkeith and Lochleven, with the motto 'Lock sicker' of the Earls of Morton, within grapevine and bianco sopra bianco borders, c.1738, broken and restored, 38.5cm. Cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, F3, p.267.
Lot 494
Two Chinese armorial dishes, one a soup plate, decorated with a central crest and a motto Nil Admirari, probably for a Captain Rock, c.1780, the other with a central crest of MacDonald, Qianlong, c.1780, the former with a small rim chip, 24cm. (2). Cf: D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p. 856 and p.670 U1.
Lot 607
A small Chinese blue and white moulded dish, painted with two figures in a landscape, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, but Kangxi 1662-1722, and a small porcelain bowl decorated with butterflies and flowers in blue, the base with a Qianlong mark, dish with a small rim chip, 11.8cm. (2)
Lot 223
Two Chinese gouache paintings, depicting the manufacture and distribution of porcelain, one illustrating the digging and collection of clay from the mountains, the other showing figures turning andcarrying bowls, and laying out dishes to dry, c.1820, glazed and within bamboo frames, some surface damages, 39cm x 49cm. (2). Cf: C. Crossman, The China Trade, pp. 438 - 439, where 13 paintings from this series in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Salem are illustrated.
Lot 240
A rare Chinese green and aubergine dragon bowl, for a concubine of the fifth rank, the exterior finely incised with two scaly five-clawed dragons above breaking waves in pursuit of flaming pearls of wisdom, the base with a six character Daoguang seal mark in under glazed blue and of the period 1821-1850, a faint hairline crack, 11.2cm. Cf. Jan Stuart, Imperial Porcelain and Court Values, Orientations, August 1993, fig. 3 for a Kangxi dish in the same palette from the Tianminlou Foundation, Hong Kong.
Lot 262
A rare Chinese doucai dragon and phoenix bowl, the exterior delicately enamelled with two writhing dragons and phoenix in flight divided by flaming pearls of wisdom, all on a yellow ground, the base with a six character Kangxi mark within a double circle and of the period 1662-1722, minor faults, 14.5cm. For a similar Kangxi yellow-ground bowl in the Shanghai Museum, see Kangxi Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum Collection, pl.160.
Lot 289
A rare Chinese doucai butterfly and flowers conical bowl, the flared sides raised on a short straight foot and delicately enamelled on the exterior with four floral medallions enclosing the flowers of the Four Seasons including peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and prunus, the interior painted with a central medallion enclosing two butterflies and a flower sprig, all encircled by a double line border repeated at the rim, the base with a six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, 22.3cm. A similar Yongzheng doucai bowl from the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Colelction, pl.31, and also in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, pl.229. Another bowl of this pattern in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, is illustrated in Seki toji zenshu, vol. 12, pl.64; and one in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham, is included in Ireneus Laszln Legeza, Malcolm MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, pl. CXXXIX, no. 378.
Lot 388
The Pelham Water Buffalo. An Exceptional Chinese Imperial Spinach-Green Jade Water Buffalo with a Fine Gilt Bronze Stand. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period 1736-95, 20.8cm long. Description: The recumbent beast with a serene mildly inquisitive expression, carved from a massive spinach-green boulder; is depicted with his head turned and raised to the right, his facial features with flaring nostrils and alert eyes, framed by horns curling back to his spine, the trumpet-shaped ears and horns finely incised with lines depicting the fur, his dewlap beneath the neck naturalistically carved flowing down to the base, the form of the body accentuated by the superbly defined spine extending to the tail that curls above his hind leg, all four hooves boldly carved on the underside. The gilt bronze base incised with flowers and foliage to the surface above a key fret band bearing a four character Qianlong mark. A narrow band of scrolling flowers and foliage dividing elaborated stylized lappets and with a second key fret band at the foot. Paper label for John Sparks Ltd. 128 Mount Street London. And another inscribed 'The property of Sackville, 5th. Earl of Yarborough'. Provenance: Purchased from John Sparks Ltd. 24th June 1938 for £300. Listed in the Sparks archive as "No. 2988 - 1 v.fine green jade Buffalo, gilt stand, Ming". The property of the late Sackville George Pelham, the 5th Earl of Yarborough, d.1948, and thence by descent. Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC (17 December 1888 -7 February 1948) was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936. Pelham was the second son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and his wife, Marcia. In 1910, he became a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars and initially fought as a lieutenant in France during World War I before being promoted to the rank of captain in 1916. During the war his elder brother, Charles, was killed in action and Sackville assumed the former's courtesy title of Lord Worsley. After the war, he was awarded the Military Cross and retired from the Army in 1919 when he married Nancy Brocklehurst (a niece of Lord Ranksborough). On the death of his father in 1936, Sackville inherited the earldom; in the same year he commanded the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry as a Lieutenant Colonel, being posted to Palestine at the outbreak of World War II. On returning to Britain in October 1940, the ship carrying the Earl and Countess of Yarborough came under enemy fire and was sunk. Although most of the passengers and crew survived, the Earl contracted respiratory problems from the smoke, which contributed to his early death in 1948 at the age of 59. His jade buffalo then became the property of his eldest daughter, Lady Diana Miller, who in the same year emigrated to Southern Africa. Whilst the existence of this piece of jade was not in doubt, its whereabouts were subject to some speculation. Many of the Earl's possessions would appear to have been packed and placed in storage at the outbreak of the Second World War and over the subsequent years some inventory records were mislaid. In 2005 Lady Diana Miller returned to the United Kingdom. A large wooden chest, thought to contain porcelain, was opened in July of that year. Inside, amongst the various items, was found an old wooden box, sealed with rusty nails, string and sealing wax. The box was opened for the first time in 65 years, and inside, carefully wrapped in newspapers dated 1940, were the magnificent jade buffalo and its gilt bronze pedestal. Catalogue Note: A small number of large jade carvings, mainly of water buffaloes and horses, were included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1975, cat. Nos.391-7. They are discussed in the accompanying Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, vol.40, 1973-75, p.118, as being: 'among the most ambitious and monumental examples of jade ever worked in China and perhaps all of them once had their place in the pavilions of the various palaces of Peking.' Another animal from this series, looted from the Summer Palace Beijing in 1860, and reputedly rescued on the troop ship from a soldier who was trying to destroy it, now in the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, was included in the exhibition Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, The British Museum, London 1995, cat.no..26:19. The Jacob Goldschmidt buffalo was exhibited at the influential Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst and Preußische Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1929, cat.no.1085. The Oscar Raphael buffalo, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, formed part of the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, together with two other jade buffaloes, cat.nos.395-7. Compare the superb gilt bronze stand with those of a pair of spinach-green jade lion dog censers from the Palace Museum, Beijing, GU103379 and GU103380, illustrated: China The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, no.21. The Water Buffalo. The water buffalo is the traditional symbol of spring, strength and tranquillity. Its bucolic aspect evokes the simple and true life in the countryside, and as the reputed mount of the philosopher Laozi, the buffalo has strong Daoist connotations. An important animal in all rice cultivation societies, we find buffaloes depicted in art dating back thousands of years. The Chinese practice of lining the shores of lakes and rivers with bronze buffaloes dates from the Tang dynasty. It is based on the belief that Da Yu, the legendary emperor who is credited with founding the Xia dynasty, (circa 2100 - 1600 BC) and controlled China's floodwaters, used to place iron buffaloes beside each of his projects. The most famous is the bronze example overlooking Lake Kunming in Beijing's Summer Palace, which was cast and then personally dedicated by The Emperor Qianlong in 1755. With thanks to Miss Ching-Yi Huang of SOAS for her help in researching the Sparks' archive. Est: Refer Department
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