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Click here to subscribeA LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISHES QIANLONG C.1745Each painted with cartouches of European and Far Eastern landscapes and buildings, decorated with the arms of Cooke of London quartering Warren with Twysden, the borders with eagle crests, 41.7cm. (2)Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, p.325, J5, where a related dish is illustrated and dated c.1745.
R.L. Hobson: 'Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: An Account of the Potter's Art in China, from Primitive Times to the Present Day', London, Cassell, 1915, limited edition, number 874 of 1,500 copies, 2 volumes, 40 colour plates + 96 b/w plates as called for, ex Ipswich Public Library with armorial bookplates to front pastedowns and other markings including deaccession stamps, uniform original pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt (2)
NO RESERVEA COLLECTION OF CHINESE TEXTILES QING DYNASTY Including purses, fan cases, sashes and other items, embroidered with a variety of designs, a few decorated with porcelain, metal and glass beads and rings, 132cm max. (22) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。
NO RESERVEA CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BOYS' TABLE SCREEN REPUBLIC PERIOD The porcelain plaque decorated with boys playing in a garden, the lower left corner with an iron-red mark reading linzhi chengxiang (the qilin's footprints foretell good fortune), mounted in a pierced wood stand, 60.5cm x 52cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
An 18th/19th century Bohemian milk glass tankard 14cm high together with Chinese porcelain bowl 24cm diameter 12cm high, Milk tankard - losses to gilding rim, otherwise appears good. Bowl - glaze loss to very top of rim and rough to touch if running a finger round it. Hairline crack to base. Hairline crack internal. Few small chips to top rim. Glaze imperfections but probably in line with time 18th/19th century. Minor losses to decoration. See condition report photos.
A pair of Chinese porcelain vases of tapering shape decorated with four toed dragons, flowers and leaves, four character mark to the base, 22cm high CONDITION REPORT: One vase has a hairline crack to the top and glaze imperfections, the other hs minor chips to the top and glaze imperfections
A Chinese Famille rose porcelain bowl, the rim decorated with flowers and insects, the centre painted with female figures and attendants, 25cm diameter together with another similar bowl painted to the centre with a battle scene and a plate the rim painted with birds, flowers and insects, the centre painted with dignitaries, 25.5cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: The bowl with the fans has paint loss to the centre, it does ring when tapped, some gilding rubbing, glaze imperfections, The bowl with the battle scene, does ring when tapped, surface scratches and minor paint loss, glaze imperfections, The remaining plate has paint loss to the centre and rubbing, small chips to the rim
A Chinese porcelain blue and white meat plate, decorated to the centre with a landscape scene with figures on a bridge, 45.5cm wide together with three other Chinese porcelain blue and white meat plates, 42cm, 32cm and 30.5cm respectively CONDITION REPORT: Large meat plate with bridge, does ring when tapped, chips to the edge, glaze imperfections, does ring when tapped, small meat plate with bridge, does ring when tapped, minor chips to the rim, glaze imperfections, large meat plate with fence pattern, does ring when tapped, minor chips to the rim, glaze imperfections, small meat plate with boatman, does ring when tapped, chips to the rim, all pieces have surface scratches to the decoration
A Chinese hardwood 'Dragon and Phoenix' millefleur screen, Qing dynasty, late 19th century, brightly painted in pink, yellow, green and blue with iron red-dragon and gilt dragon, the porcelain panel 38cm x 26cm and overall height of screen approximately 76cm high x widest base 47cm Provenance: From the estate of the late Bruce John Clayton 1930-2023清 "龍鳳呈祥"萬花不落地插屏拍品來源：Bruce John Clayton (1930-2023)家族收藏 Condition Report: the porcelain plaque in good conditionthe wood stand with breaks and old repairs and with many of the securing pegs loose Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ Transactions and Exhibitions of the Oriental Ceramics Society; including; Chinese Ceramic Figures, 1947; Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, 1949; Exhibition of Tang Dynasty Wares, 1949; Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1948; Exhibition of Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty, 1951; Iron in the Fire, 1988; The World of Monochromes, 2009; Exhibition: China Without Dragons, 2016 and Transactions Vol. 11, 1933-1934; Vol. 65, 2000-2001; Vol. 66, 2001-2002; Vol. 68, 2003-2004; Vol 69, 2004-2005; Vol 73, 2008-2009 and six later volumes of transactions (20)東方陶瓷協會展覽圖錄及期刊一組20本 Condition Report: some wear throughoutsold as viewed and subject to non return Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese porcelain figure of Li Tieguai, Republican Period, glazed in brown over a white body, modelled as Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals, shown seated on pierced rockwork base applied with lingzhi fungus, carrying a double gourd and a crutch, 21 cm high Provenance: Property of a Gentleman from South Africa, originally purchased from Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby's in the 2000s民國 褐釉鐵拐李塑像拍品來源：南非私人收藏，2000年左右購自南非蘇富比 Condition Report: right hand off and repaired Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Famille rose incense burner and cover, inscribed with a six-character Xianfeng mark on the base, 12.5 cm diameter; a porcelain 'dragon' cup and saucer, both with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, Daoguang seal marks in iron red to the base, the saucer 14.5cm diameter and a blue and white small cup, with apocryphal Chenghua mark, 6cm in centimeter 清 粉彩香薰等各式瓷器一組四件 Condition Report: incense burner with one long crack to the rim and small chip to the baseblue and white cup cracked and restoreddaoguang dish with one short crack to the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose crested soup bowls, Yongzheng, the centres painted in blue enamel with flowers, the border with three finely painted flower and fruit sprays on a bianco-supra-bianco ground enclosing a crest of a cock's head out of a ducal coronet, 23 cm diameter (2)See, David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. 1, p.310 for a discussion regarding the attribution of this crest. Provenance: Property of a Gentleman from South Africa, originally purchased from Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby's, 22 & 23 March 2005, Lot 771清雍正 外銷粉彩湯盤一對拍品來源：南非私人收藏，2005年3月購自南非蘇富比，拍品編號771號 Condition Report: both with star cracks through basesCondition Report Disclaimer
A Japanese Kyo-yaki incense stand, late 18th century, the rectilinear body reticulated with honey-comb design and enamelled in typical colours with dragon roundels, the whole raised on a integral base with shaped legs, with Worcester Porcelain Works Museum label to base and hand written label 'Old Kioto,' 9 cm x 8 cm x 4 cm A similarly decorated and pierced vase is in the British Royal Collection, RCIN 100937, illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Woks of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol. II, PP. 706-707 Condition Report: minor wear Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ Sotheby's and Christies catalogues, including, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, The Edward T. Chow Collection, Hong Kong, 25th November 1980; Christies, The Peony Pavilion Collection: Chinese Tea Ceramics for Japan, 12th June 1889 and approximately twenty other auction catalogues and Spink and Son, Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Mrs Alfred Clark, 1974, 2 copies (approximately 25)蘇富比及佳士德中國藝術品圖錄約25本 Condition Report: all in reasonably good to fair conditionsold as viewed and sold subject to non returnCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese porcelain 'Hundred Antiques' square bowl, Daoguang mark and of the period, the steep flared sides painted in underglaze blue, gilding and colours with precious vessels, the flared foot with key-fret band, the interior turquoise and the base also turquoise with iron-red seal six character seal mark, 15.5cm wide x 11cm high Provenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)清 "博古圖"四方碗拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。 Condition Report: part chip glued to rim and part of chip missing covering an area 2.5cm x 1cm one corner of foot rim with glaze chip 1cm long x 6mm high wear to interiorCondition Report Disclaimer
A group of six Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, Qing dynasty, comprising: a red cylindrical snuff bottle with quartz stopper, 9.1cm high; a blue and white snuff bottle painted with three scholars, 8.2cm high; a Famille Rose snuff bottle enamelled with eight equestrians riding horses on a green ground, 3.2cm high; a Famille Rose snuff bottle decorated in relief with figural scene of Luohan, 7.4cm high; a Famille Rose snuff bottle coloured in relief with a continuous scene of ladies and boys at leisure in a garden, 9cm high (5)Provenance: Property of a Gentleman from South Africa, originally purchased from Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby's in the 2000s清 各式鼻煙壺一組五件拍品來源：南非私人收藏，2000年左右購自南非蘇富比 Condition Report: red cylindrical snuff bottle with one glued chip to the foot the blue and white snuff bottle with a few nibbles and surface damage to the glazesnuff bottle with riders with one crack to the body and wear to the enamel Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ Approximately fifty mainly Chinese auction catalogues, various dates 1974 to 2015, including The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art, Christies, 1974; A Collection of Exceptional Imperial Porcelain, Sotheby's, 2015; together with approximately sixty dealers exhibition catalogues, including: Nicholas Grindley; Maria Kiang; Knapton-Rasti; Gerald Hawthorn; Ben Janssens; John Eskenazi and others (110)中國藝術品拍賣圖錄約110本 Condition Report: generally in good condition but some with notes to pages and prices markedCondition Report Disclaimer
A collection of mainly Chinese porcelain items including a 19th Century Chinese lozenge shaped famille rose dish on oval foot, 20.5 cm x 13.8 cm, three 19th Century Chinese celadon glazed famille rose plates, each with different blue under glaze seal mark, approx 19 cm diameter, a famille noire polychrome floral decorated ginger jar bearing faux Qianlong over glazed oxide red printed seal mark, 18.5 cm high, a Chinese oxide red glazed floral decorated plate with faux Qianlong mark, 22.5 cm diameter, a blue glazed floral and foliate decorated stem cup with six character mark to base, 11 cm diameter x 11.8 cm high, two prunus blossom decorated ginger jars, a Chinese cloisonné bowl with water dragon decoration, bearing four character seal mark to base, 20 cm diameter, a Chinese verdigris patinated bronze wine vessel in the archaic manner, 18 cm high and a Japanese Satsuma baluster shaped vase decorated with warriors and a battle scene bearing four character seal mark to base, 21 cm high CONDITION REPORTS The lozenge shaped stand / dish has been broken and repaired in various places. Has significant firing faults, some chips to the base and roughness to the other edges. The celadon glazed plates - two have hairline fractures. All three have some roughness to the edges and losses to the decoration, particularly to the smaller of the three. There are some small chips to the edges. The famille noire ginger jar has some roughness / firing faults to the glaze and looks a bit patchy in areas. The lid has a small chip to the underside. The red oxide plate has some significant wear to the decoration throughout. Both ginger jars are very light. Otherwise general wear and tear. The cloisonne bowl has some white residue throughout, particularly to the base of the dish and the underside. The underside doesn't look quite right - unsure if something has been later let in or if badly manufactured in the first place. There are some small dings and knocks to the cloisonne throughout resulting in some areas of loss and other areas of bruising. The goblet type vessel has a large firing fault to the base. There is crazing throughout and some minor chips, remains of paint, etc. The patinated bronze wine vessel has some surface scratches, etc. The Satsuma vase has all-over crazing and some losses to the decoration. Otherwise all items have various general wear and tear conducive with age and use and are in need of a clean. See images for further detail.
A box containing a Spode Copelands China "Ruskin" pattern floral spray, yellow banded and gilt decorated part tea set comprising five cups, milk jug, sugar bowl, saucers and side plates, a collection of Royal Worcester white banded floral spray set teacups and saucers, a pair of Royal Worcester VLP cups and saucers set with fishing scenes and a collection of Furnivals "Denmark" pattern part coffee set and a Wedgwood lidded tureen depicting parrot, hummingbird and butterflies together with a pair of early 20th Century Meissen floral encrusted tea cups and saucers on six small pedestal feet bearing Augustus Rex cipher marks to base, a pair of circa 1800 Paris porcelain floral decorated saucers and a 20th Century Chinese four toed dragon decorated dish blue under glazed with oxide red over glazed ground CONDITION REPORTS The yellow set only - the milk jug has a large crack running down its body. One tea cup has had a significant break and repair. Another tea cup has staining to the interior. The other tea cups all appear OK but they sound very dull. All the saucers and tea plates appear OK, however they all sound quite dull. There is some small crazing to the back of the tea plates, otherwise all pieces have general wear to include some light surface scratching etc conducive with age and use - see images for more details
A JAPANESE ARITA 'VAN FRYTOM' DISHEDO PERIOD, C.1700With a scalloped rim, the well decorated in underglaze blue with a foliate cartouche enclosing figures in a mountainous river landscape, with fishing boats in the foreground, a tall building towering behind them and a further figure with an attendant holding an umbrella to the left, with spiralling clouds above; the rim with a border of flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils and painted with a brown edge; the underside with karakusa scrolls and flowers, the base with a fuku mark, 20.6cm.Provenance: from an English private collection, London.Cf. E Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, pp.158-9, no.70, where a comparable dish from the collection of Augustus the Strong is illustrated and discussed. The author notes that the figures depicted are Chinese, whilst the scrolling clouds and lake appear to be inspired by Western models. Also, see C J A Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collection, p.150, no.168, for another example, one of three of various sizes at Twickel Castle, Delden. These dishes are also sometimes referred to as in Van Frytom style after the Dutch Delftware originals.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain box and lid, 19th Century, decorated with elephant mask and scrolling foliage, the inside fully incised with inscriptions to document the purpose, the time, the owner etc. of this vessel, commissioned by Bingnan etc. to commemorate the late father Fu Rucang (1824-1891), 12.4cm wide, 9.4cm deep, 5cm high
Two oriental early 20th Century 1920s Chinese porcelain figures holding bowls, one female in traditional Chinese clothing kneeling and holding bowl in front, the other male on one knee holding bowl above head. Both having white ground with blue floral pattern decorating clothing. Measuring approximately 32cm x 24cm x 19cm.
A Chinese Armorial Famille Verte 'Provinces' dish, Kangxi, centred by a crest inscribed ZUTPHEN, vibrantly painted in underglaze blue, famille-rose enamels, and gilt, the centre with the coat of arms of the Dutch town of Zutphen, against a ground of floral sprays and birds, the rim with lobed panels containing figures and vases of flowers, reserved against a diaper border, 24.3cm Provenance: From a Private Collection Dr Christiaan Jorg discusses these types of plates in depth in Famille Verte, Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, BAI-Schoten - Belgium, Groninger Museum, 2011, pp. 163-173The present lot belongs to the series of four famous 'Provinces' patterns with arms of the principal towns and provinces of present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as arms of England and France. This series was originally ordered in China in the 1720s, after the Treaty of Utrecht (1713-1715) ushered in a period of peace between England, France, and the Netherlands. In total, twenty-three different arms comprise the entire series.清康熙 外銷五彩描金西洋紋徽盤拍品來源：英國私人收藏 Condition Report: very presentable condition with on minor chips to rim and some wear to gilding in central shield Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese qingbai porcelain bowl, Song Dyansty, the deep conical sides rising from a short straight narrow foot to a foliate rim, covered overall in a pale icy-blue glaze, the rim with silver mounts, 18.2cm wide, with Japanese wood boxProvenance: Property of a Gentleman in Hampshire, purchased in the 1990s.宋 青白釉斗笠盌拍品來源：英國漢普郡私人收藏，購自上世紀九十年代 Condition Report: one crack to the rim and scratches to the surfaceCondition Report Disclaimer
An Imperial Chinese flambé vase, fanghu, Xuantong mark and of the period, with a wide body tapering towards the quatrefoil mouth rim, the neck flanked with lug handles, covered overall with an unctuous glaze of dark copper-red red tone streaked with dark mauve, thinning to white at the rim and sides, lobed edges and handles, the base unglazed and incised with the six-character Xuantong mark, the vase 30cm high, with carved hardwood stand Provenance:By Family descentTatiana Browning (younger sister of Peter Carson) Tatiana Carson (née Staheyeff, died 1981) Gifted from the Court of Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) in 1923 to Joseph Baldwin Carson (died 1949) Sold with a photocopy of the original accompanying letter, dated 27th June, addressed to Mr Joseph B. Carson from the Imperial Ministry of the Household at the Forbidden City. The letter thanks Mr Carson, then second secretary of the British Legation in Peking, for his assistance in fighting the fire at the Jianfu Palace Garden complex in the Forbidden City on the 27th June [1923]. At the time Mr and Mrs J Carson, recently married, were dancing at a party on the roof of the Grand Hotel de Pekin when they saw a red glare light up the night sky to the north. The Carson's and Irene Staheyeff (Tatiana Carson's sister) hurried to the eastern gate of the palace and when access was eventually granted at about 2.50am were swept along, with the Italian fire engines, into the Forbidden Palace. As there was no running water in the Forbidden City, until hoses could be organised, Tatiana organised a human chain of buckets of water and, together with her husband and sister, did what they could to fight the flames. The fire raged and despite their efforts the Jianfu Palace garden complex was destroyed, and the area lay as rubble until a major restoration project was completed in 2005. The Emperor Puyi's English tutor, Reginald Johnson, writes in his book, Twilight in the Forbidden City, 1934, 'I found the Emperor and Empress standing in a heap of charred wood, sadly contemplating the spectacle, the flames were still raging when I arrived. Just after I had reached the Emperor I was astonished to see three Europeans, one of them a lady, all in evening dress emerging from the clouds of smoke. They were Mr Gascoigne and Mr Carson of the British Legation staff, and Mrs Carson. After I had presented them to the Emperor and Empress, who at once thanked them for the zeal and courage they had shown in helping fight the fire, they told me they had see it from the roof garden of the Grand Hotel and had at once driven to the Forbidden City. Baffled at first in their attempts to pass the guards they had succeeded in making their way through the gates by mingling with Italian fireman.'The following day three ministers of the Imperial household thanked them for their help and the Emperor commanded that Mr Carson be presented with four porcelain vases and four bowls, detailed in a hand written list, of which this vase forms one of the original four vases described.For a more detailed account of the fire, including a photograph of Tatiana Staheyeff (later Carson) and Lucy Alston in Peking, circa 1921-1922, see May Holdsworth, The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City, 2008, pages 24-25.The pair to this vase was sold at Dreweatts, 18th May, 2022, lot 200清宣統 "大清宣統年制"款窯變釉雙耳壺拍品來源：英國駐民國二等參讚高爾森家族舊藏。1923年6月27日，高爾森先生及夫人於建福宮大火事件時於紫禁城附近參加一個聚會，發現紫禁城著火後便參與滅火，溥儀著內務府於火災後作為謝禮，贈送高爾森家族四件瓷瓶及瓷盤，該瓷瓶便為當時的一件。 Condition Report: in good condition other than very tiny glazed chips around foot rim wood stand with slight warping The photographs of the family taken in Beijing are for reference only and are not part of the lot.The photocopied documents are sold with the lotCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese pottery model of a bell, Yong Zhong, Warring States Period (475-221 BC), sometimes called proto-porcelain, of ancient bronze yong zhong form, of lenticular section, each side decorated with a central panel flanked by bands of truncated conical bosses alternating with ring-punched bands, below a tapering columnar handle with a loop projecting from one side, 26cm high, with stand, with Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence analysis certificate C101s66 Provenance: From a Private Collection Vanderven Oriental Art, 2005戰國青銅甬鐘（附熱釋光報告）拍品來源：英國私人收藏，2005年購自荷蘭古董商Venderven Oriental Art Condition Report: in good condition other than the top drilled for TL testing and other minor chips throughout Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese black-glazed pottery vase, Yuhuchun ping, late Song or Jin Dynasty, 12-13th century, the base with exhibition labels for Cape Town 1953, Radcliffe collection 'A22', Bluett & Sons London and BADA, 27.5cm high Provenance: Purchased by Bluett from Cie. de la Chine, Paris, June 14th, 1928, £8.00 Sold by Bluetts, Catalogue, A Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain from the collection of Sir Ernest Debenham, March 1934, No 56Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection, sold by Bluett to Major Radcliffe on the 17th July, 1946, for £18.00, and then by family descent, listed in family archive as 'A22' Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 57宋至金 黑釉玉壺春瓶拍品來源：Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族編號A22）,其於家族檔案中記載"1946年7月17日以17英鎊購自Bluett"，然而在Bluett的檔案中記載為" 1928年6月14日購自巴黎Cie. de la Chine，並以8英鎊於1934年3月在《Ernest Debenham爵士收藏中國陶瓷藝術專輯》中賣出" 展覽資訊：南非國家畫廊，中國藝術展覽，1953年，開普敦，編號57號 Condition Report: Rim chips to an area of 4cm x 7mm and gold lacquer repair on rim and foot rim chip 2.3cm x 2cm and crazing and holes to glaze see additional images for detailed reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese porcelain lime green vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century, of baluster form with slender neck covered in a fine green glaze with black 'crackle' veining, 21cm high Provenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)清 檸檬黃哥釉搖鈴尊拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。 Condition Report: neck rim ground Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese 'Kinrande' and iron-red decorated blue and white bowl, Ming Dynasty, circa 1540-1590, gilded to the exterior, the interior with underglaze blue diaper bands at the rim and a central roundel with a bird perched on flowering branches, 12cm diameter Kinrande (金襴手, literally "gold brocade") is a Japanese porcelain style where gold is applied on the surface and there are a number of variations. It originated from China during the Jiajing (1521-1566) and Wanli (1573-1620) periods of the Ming dynasty. Compare with a 'Kinrande' and iron-red- decorated blue and white bowl, Ming dynasty, c.1540-1590, sold Christies, lot 262, 19th September 2006.Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman Purchased at Sotheby's, 18th June 1998, lot 1856明十六世紀 青花礬紅金欄手花鳥紋盌拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，1998年6月18號購自倫敦蘇富比，拍品號1856 Condition Report: foot chipped and gilt rubbedsmall chips to the rim Condition Report Disclaimer
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