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Click here to subscribeA quantity of decorative ceramics, to include tea ware, oval Booth's tureen, cover and ladle, Wedgwood blue jasper dip, other Wedgwood dressing table items, Coalport spill vase, dressing table trays, reproduction Chinese bowls, Continental porcelain shaped circular dishes, Wedgwood Clementine pattern bottle vase, etc Generally good, tureen crazed, some cracks, chips, other faults
A blue and white porcelain deep charger, decorated with horsemen, flowers and birds. Marked with 6-character mark. China, Kangxi. Literature: for similar example see 'Chinese Porcelains in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam' by C. Jörg, no. 83.Diam. 34.5 cm.Condition Report: http://www.zeeuwsveilinghuis.nl/notices
Fu Yaosheng (1936-2003)A set of four polychrome porcelain plaques in a wooden frame. Each panel depicts one of the four famous beauties of ancient China. Marked Jingdezhen. Signed and dated, Fu Yaosheng, 1985. China. Provenance: bought in Hong Kong, 1991. Background information: Fu Yaosheng, senior ceramic and porcelain artist, member of the China Artists Association and China Arts and Crafts Association. Skilled in various painting techniques, not only blue and white, but also color glaze and underglaze painting. He has also done in-depth technical research on famille rose, new colors and other overglaze paintings. The Japanese newspaper 'Yomiuri Shimbun' once introduced Fu Yaosheng's artistic creations as 'Chinese Treasures'. His achievements are listed in the 'Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Painters' and 'Who's Who in Ceramic Artist' and other documents.H. 74.5 cm. W. 21.5 cm.Condition Report: http://www.zeeuwsveilinghuis.nl/notices
Ren Yiping (1935-)A set of four polychrome porcelain plaques in a wooden frame. Depicting the 'Romance of the Western Chamber', a play written by Yuan Dynasty writer Wang Shifu. Marked Zhushan and Jingdezhen. Signed and dated, Ren Yiping, 1983. China.Provenance: bought in Hong Kong, 1991. Background information: Ren Yiping, senior arts and crafts artist, former deputy director of the Art Research Institute of the Jingdezhen Art Porcelain Factory, and senior member of the Chinese Arts and Crafts Society. Excellent painter of famille rose ladies, but also in ink paintings, flowers and birds. His masterpieces 'Xixiangji Famille Rose Porcelain Plate' and 'Ink Color Vase' respectively won the National Light Industry Expo, China National Products Exposition, China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Gold Award and Golden Cup Award, the Ministry of Light Industry Excellent New Product Award. H. 75.5 cm. W. 22 cm.Condition Report: http://www.zeeuwsveilinghuis.nl/notices
A collection of books relating to Chinese works of art, including Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, 'Ju Ware of the Sung Dynasty', published Hong Kong, 1961, Zhu Jiajin, 'Treasures of the Forbidden City', published Hong Kong, 1983 and Qiu Ying, 'Characters from Narrative Literature', published Shanghai (qty.)Condition report: General wear consistent with age
Chinese porcelain bowl Circa 1800, enamelled with figures in Cantonese style. The borders decorated with pink lattice and red bordered floral cartouches. 23cm, blue & white vase with flared rim 25cm & blue & white prunus jar & cover 32cm, damage to lid We have examined the bowl under a UV light and it shows restoration crack across the centre from one side to the other – not visible to the naked eye. There is also minor chip to rim. See images Jar, lid is broken see images. Vase crack to neck. See images.
FOUR EARLY POTTERY VESSELSComprising a large green-glazed tripod cylindrical incense burner, lian, Han dynasty, heavily potted standing on three short stocky legs, all under an attractively-iridescent irregular silvery-green glaze, 20cm (8in) diam.; a dark-green-glazed oval 'ear cup', Han dynasty, 12.5cm (5in) long; a Gansu red pottery deep bowl, Neolithic period, 14.5cm (5 3/4in) diam.; and a small black pottery pear-shaped jar and a cover with high looped finial, Neolithic period, 10cm (4in) high. (5).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價新石器時期至漢 陶器 一組四件Provenance: Professor Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013) and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE (1922-2013) (ear cup)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.23 (red pottery bowl)Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.17 (black pottery vessel and cover)來源：英國Peter H. Plesch教授（1918-2018）與大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人Traudi Plesch（1922-2013）伉儷舊藏（耳盃）展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號23（紅陶盌）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號17（黑陶蓋罐）The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C106w20 dated 4 September 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot - (pottery bowl).The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C113d84 dated 1 May 2013, is consistent with the dating of this lot - (black pottery vessel and cover).Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2006年9月4日，編號C106w20）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 - （陶盌）Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2013年5月1日，編號C113d84）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 - （黑陶蓋罐）For a related red pottery bowl, see Origins of Chinese Civilization: Cultural Relics from Henan Province, Hong Kong, 2002, no.7. See also one excavated at Banpocun, Shaanxi Province, Yangshao culture, in the collection of the British Museum, illustrated by S.J.Vainker, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present, London, 1991, fig.1 (right).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A YUEYAO OLIVE-GREEN-GLAZED STONEWARE VASEWestern Jin DynastyThe oviform vessel with three concentric bands around the upper body, flanked by beast-mask, rope-loop and ring handles, the body and neck with incised designs of stylised clouds and waves.35cm (13 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西晉 越窯青釉獸耳瓶See similar examples illustrated in Splendid Finds: The Archaeological Excavations at The Royal Cemetery of Haihunhou Kingdom in Han Dynasty, Beijing, 2016, pp.48–49; see another example illustrated by J.Rawson, Ancient China: Art and Archaeology, New York, 1980, fig.186; see also a related ash-glazed proto-porcelain jar, Western Han dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, no.134.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A STRAW-GLAZED CUPSui/Tang DynastySet on a short tapering foot, the mottled pale yellow glaze running half way down the exterior to reveal the pale creamy-white body. 9.7cm (3 7/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價隋/唐 白釉盃The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C109e35 dated 6 May 2009, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2009年5月6日，編號C109e35）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。See a related example illustrated by P.Toller, 'The Origins of Chinese White Porcelain' in TOCS, vol.39, 1971–1973, pl.16; see also S.J.Vainker, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present, London, 1991, fig.44.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE-STREAKED CREAM-GLAZED JARTang DynastyPotted with a compressed globular body rising from a short and splayed foot to a waisted neck and culminates in a trumpet-shaped upper section with a everted rolled rim, the shoulder finely incised with two parallel encircled lines, applied overall with a cream glaze with blue-streaked splashes to the mouth and exterior, stopping irregularly above the foot and exposing the unglazed pale cream body, box.9.9cm (3 7/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 白釉藍彩唾壺The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C102e23 dated 7 March 2002, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2002年3月7日，編號C102e23）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2009, no.28出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號28For similar examples, see The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1952, no.118, p.30; R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection , vol.1, London, 1994, p.150, no.256, and note no.239, pp.142-143, for a sancai-glazed example; and C.Medcalf, Introduction to Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1955, pl.1.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A LADYTang DynastyGracefully modelled standing with the hands held together at her waist under a long scarf flowing down from her shoulder, the hem of her high-waisted robe folded naturally revealing the tips of her upturned shoes, the waistband tied in a long trailing bow on the back, her hair in an elaborate coiffure above the full round face.39cm (15 2/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 陶胎褐黃釉仕女俑Provenance: James (1914-1990) and Marilynn Alsdorf (1925-2019), New YorkSotheby's New York, 22 March 1999, lot 362Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2000, no.29.來源：紐約James（1914-1990）與Marilynn Alsdorf（1925-2019）伉儷舊藏紐約蘇富比，1999年3月22日，拍品編號362展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2000年，編號29The Alsdorfs operated an export and investment business based in Chicago, and James served as president of the Cory Corp., the largest manufacturer of glass coffee equipment that was later sold to Hershey Food Corporation. The couple were renowned art patrons, having built a wide-ranging collection across categories including Old Master Drawings, 19th-century Impressionism, mid-20th century Surrealism, Post War and Contemporary American art, Asian works of art, and more. Moreover, they were instrumental in founding and expanding the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art.See a related figure, Tang dynasty, illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1992, no.16; see another example illustrated by J.Ayers, The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art, Volume 2, Chinese and Korean Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1964, no.D44, pl. XVIII.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare chocolate-brown-glazed pillowJin DynastyCrisply potted and assembled as a model of a shrine, an arched door on the two main sides leading to a small central room, the exterior walls symmetrically pierced with lobed, square and circular open windows, all under a rich glossy glaze over the grey biscuit body, fitted box.20.5 (8in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價金 褐釉鏤空瓷枕Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.29.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號29The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.P206g23 dated 10 January 2007, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2007年1月10日，編號P206g23）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Pillows such as the present lot are rare and are more usually found in white porcelain or qingbai ware. See for example, a white porcelain pillow, Five dynasties/Northern Song dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, and an elaborate qingbai example, Yuan dynasty, modelled after the Guanghan Palace in the Moon, in the Datong Municipal Museum, illustrated by Wang Qingzhen, A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Singapore, 2002, p.70. Wang notes that this 'type of pillow, first appearing in the Five Dynasties, evolved from the box-shaped pillow, with a building as a stand for the head rest'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE PHOSPHATIC-SPLASHED OVIFORM JARTang Dynasty Heavily potted on a flat foot with a bevelled edge rising steeply to a high well-rounded shoulder, turning inwards to a broad slightly-tapering neck and terminating in a rolled rim, set with a pair of loop handles on the shoulder issuing from thick stud bosses, the pale buff-grey stoneware body covered inside and out with an opaque chocolate-brown glaze stopping in an irregular curve above the foot and suffused with large flowing splashes of milky grey-blue. 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 花釉雙系罐The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.P207m68, dated 17 December 2007, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2007年12月17日，編號P207m68）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.20.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號20This type of jar was made at the Huangdao kiln in Jia County, Henan Province, which was discovered in 1964. Compare with a very similar jar illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, p.210, no.195. For other wide-mouthed examples see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 2006, no.152; and M.Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl.19c.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CREAM-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIM 'FLORAL' DISH12th/13th centuryFinely potted with thin sides tapering to the petal-shaped rim, the interior moulded with a composite floral scroll including lotus and chrysanthemums, amidst scrolling acanthus leaves, covered with a creamy, ivory-white glaze.22.7cm (9in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十二/十三世紀 白釉模印花卉紋花口盤Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2012, no.26.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號26Compare with a related Ding example, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, no.78. See also another example illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, p.207, no.365.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A QINGBAI INCISED SIX-LOBED BOWL13th centuryOf conical form, thinly potted with slightly rounded sides rising to a lobed rim cut with six notches, the interior freely carved with scrolling floral patterns, all raised on a short tapered foot under a transparent glaze of pale blue tone, the base unglazed, box.13cm (5 1/8in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十三世紀 青白釉劃花六出花口盌Compare with a related bowl illustrated by D.Lion-Goldschmidt and J-C.Moreau-Gobard, Chinese Art: Bronzes, Jade, Sculpture, Ceramics, Oxford, 1980, no.182. See also an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London illustrated by S.Pierson, Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, London, 2002, no.2. See a similar but slightly larger qingbai carved bowl, Song dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 26 June 2019, lot 6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE CREAM AND OCHRE-GLAZED FIGURE OF A GUARDIANMing DynastyThe figure modelled in a crouching position wearing elaborate armour, with one hand resting on his left thigh, the other raised before the chest, the face with a gentle expression beneath an elaborate helmet, covered overall in green, brown, ochre and cream glazes, the lower back and internal sections and underside left unglazed, wood stand.50.5cm (19 7/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 三彩天王像See a related example dated 1523, identified as Yanluo Wang (King of Hell), illustrated by D.Dohrenwend, et al., Homage to Heaven Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1992, no.113; see another example illustrated by Lu Zhangshen, Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Beijing, 2012, no.134.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND LINGZHI' DISHWanli six-character mark and of the periodWith shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered foot to a flared edge, the interior symmetrically spaced with three lingzhi clouds scrolls within a double circle, the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls amid clouds, Japanese wood box.17.7cm (7in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明萬曆 青花雙龍趕珠紋盤青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.32出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，「夏季展覽」，倫敦，2013年，編號32Similar dishes were produced throughout the whole Ming dynasty. See a related Xuande example illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, pp.137-138, nos.4:34 and 4:35; see another example illustrated by J.G.Lee, An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, no.65; for later Hongzhi example, see Emerald-like blue hue Rises: Chinese Ceramics donated by the K.S.Lo Foundation, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.68-69; and for Zhengde examples, see Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 1992, no.82; and another example illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, London, no.687. Compare with a similar blue and white 'three-clouds and dragon' dish, Wanli mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 609.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE PAINTED BLACK LACQUER HANGING PANELMid Qing DynastyFinely painted containing a boat with a lady and gentleman eating at a table, a child on top of the canopy and a lady at the helm while another gazes at a pair of ducks at the front, all on a black lacquered ground, within a floral border, framed. 83.5cm (32 7/8in) wide x 48.5cm (19in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 黑漆彩繪船家佚樂圖掛屏Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York來源：紐約古董商The Chinese Porcelain CompanyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND BALUSTER VASES AND COVERSKangxi Each exterior with four lobed oval vertical panels painted variously with landscapes, scholar's objects, flowering shrubs, and archaistic vessels in iron red, ochre and green enamel, all boldly reserved on a rich blue powdered ground gilt with floral designs, the cover similarly decorated in gilt below with a large knop.25.5cm (10in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 灑藍地開光五彩山水花鳥博古圖蓋瓶一對Provenance: R.H.R. Palmer (1898-1970), and thence by descentBonhams Knightsbridge, 4 March 2009, lot 82 來源：R.H.R. Palmer（1898-1970）舊藏，並由後人保存邦瀚斯騎士橋，2009年3月4日，拍品編號82For a similar powder-blue-ground vase, Kangxi, see Lu Zhangshen, Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Beijing, 2012, p.271, fig.1; see also a related pair of powder blue vases and covers, Kangxi, illustrated by D.S.Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London, 1994, no.283.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER VASE AND COVEREarly 18th centuryPainted and gilt with exotic birds perched on rockwork in a garden of flowering peonies, within floral lappet and ruyi collar borders, the cover with a gilt biscuit seated Buddhist lion finial.55cm (21 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀早期 中國製伊萬裡式花鳥紋大蓋瓶Provenance: Benjamin F. Edwards III, St Louis, Missouri and Naples, FloridaChristie's New York, 22 January 2002, lot 8Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.74來源：美國密蘇里州聖路易斯和佛羅里達州那不勒斯Benjamin F. Edwards III舊藏紐約佳士得，2002年1月22日，拍品編號8展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號74Benjamin F. Edwards III, was one of the largest collectors of Chinese Imari porcelain. He transformed A. G. Edwards, the St Louis brokerage house into the largest US brokerage company outside New York, with an equity capital of $1.6 billion by the end of his presidency of the company in 2001.A related Chinese Imari vase of similar proportions, circa 1700, is illustrated by J.Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Stockholm, 1998, p.58, no.52. See also a similar vase and cover, circa 1725-1740, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.I, London, 2016, no.571.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' RUBY-BACK DISHYongzhengDecorated with a central scene of an elegant European lady and gentleman seated beneath pine beside rockwork, the lady reading with a set of albums at her side, the rim with four large cartouches of insects resting on leafy peach, pomegranate and melon sprays at the compass points reserved on geometric-pattern grounds, the underside ruby-enamelled.21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清雍正 銅胎畫琺瑯歐洲題材紋外胭脂紅釉盤Provenance: Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Jr (1916-2011)Christie's New York, 24 January 2012, lot 58Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.43.來源：美國Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Jr（1916-2011）舊藏紐約佳士得，2012年1月24日，拍品編號58展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號43Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Jr was an American politician and attorney. He represented New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1953 to 1975.See a very similar famille rose painted enamel dish with the same design, Yongzheng, illustrated by D.S.Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London, 1994, no.50. See also a similar painted enamel dish, illustrated by T.E.Arapova, Chinese Painted Enamels, St Petersburg, 1988, pl.79.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A 'HEAVENLY HORSE' CARRYING BOOKS, LONGMA18th century Deftly carved in recumbent position above swirling waves, carrying a bundle of books tied with a flowing ribbon on its back, the body flanked by waves issuing from the sides, the head finely detailed with a neatly combed mane and turned towards the back, the stone of pale white-greyish tone with milky-white inclusions.9.2cm (3 5/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 青白玉雕龍馬負書擺件Provenance: Christie's Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 216Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.88.來源：巴黎佳士得，2007年12月7日，拍品編號216展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號88The longma (龍馬), literally 'dragon horse', is an auspicious creature that according to legend emerged from the Luo River revealing itself to Fuxi, the first of the three legendary sovereigns of ancient China. The markings on the creature's back inspired Fuxi to invent the Eight Trigrams, which led to the invention of writing and calligraphy, represented by the books on the creature's back. The Han dynasty scholar Kong Anguo (156-74 BC) wrote that 'its shape consists of a horse's body, yet it has dragon scales...and walks upon the water without sinking'; see M.W.de Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan, Amsterdam, 1913, p.58.The present beast is carved to appear like a horse, and is very similar in style to the mythical creature found on a well-known group of Yongzheng mark and period doucai porcelain dishes, such as the one in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Beijing, 1999, p.238, no.218.For a similar pale green jade example of a longma carrying books across waves, 18th century, see R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl.193, which was later sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1507. A related jade carving of a mythical horse carrying books on its back while crossing the sea, mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p.110, no.90.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈREFirst half 18th centuryOf shallow rectangular section supported on four short bracket feet, rising to an everted flange rim, painted in bright blue tones, the longer sides each with a magpie perching on a prunus branch amidst rock and bamboo, the shorter sides with pine branch and lingzhi fungus issuing from a rock, the rim decorated with a interlocking 'T'-shaped key-fret with a ruyi cloud to each corner, the interior left white and pierced with four holes for drainage, the base with a later stock number, hongmu wood stand, later liner.47.7cm (18 3/4in) wide. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀上半葉 青花花鳥紋長方四足花盆Provenance: a Western private collection Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.38來源: 西方私人舊藏出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號38For a much shorter Qianlong example decorated with scrolling lotus, see J.Addis, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1975, no.112. Note also a deeper example illustrated by Zhou Yuegang, China's Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1998, pp.36-37.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SILVER-SHAPED WINE COOLERSQianlong, circa 1760Each with deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a scalloped rim, both sides set with an upright arch handle, brightly enamelled in pink and gilt with floral clusters below a band of rocaille decoration.Each 20.3cm (8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆，約1760年 粉彩花卉紋冷酒器一對Provenance: a Palm Beach, Florida, private collectionSotheby's New York, 29 March 2011, lot 10Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.36來源：佛羅里達州棕櫚灘私人舊藏 紐約蘇富比，2011年3月29日，拍品編號10出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號36See a related wine cooler of similar form, illustrated by D.Howard and J.Ayers, China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, p.87, no.45; and another example illustrated by J.G.Philips, China-Trade Porcelain, Cambridge MA, 1956, pl.23, p.96.A plate painted in this palette with a similar rocaille border, dated circa 1745-65 in the Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, is illustrated by J.M.Mudge, Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, New York, 2000, p.136, fig.203. See also a related pair of famille rose wine coolers of similar size, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2016, lot 375.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'CHILDREN' PLAQUESQianlongEach of oval shape, finely painted with a scene of European children going to and from school, the first scene showing children going to school with a boy and a girl, neatly dressed and holding hands being sent off by their mother who watches through a doorway,the second showing children leaving the school, streaming joyously out of the schoolroom doorway, the original boy and girl now a little dishevelled, to the right some boys playing with marbles, later frames. 34cm (13 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 歐洲市場粉彩孩童圖橢圓掛屏一對Provenance: acquired at Olympia Antiques Fair, London, in 2001來源：2001年購於倫敦奧林匹亞古董展The scenes on the present lot are derived from the work of the painter Thomas Stothard RA (1755-1834), engraved by Charles Parsons Knight (1743-1827) and also by Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727-1815) and by Peltro W Tomkins (1760-1840). The first versions were by Knight circa 1788-1789. See a teapot with the Bartolozzi print of the Marble players, c.1795, illustrated by D.Howard, and J.Ayers, China For The West, London, 1978, p.290, no.287 and no.288, a saucer, circa 1800, with the two children going to school. See also a small teacaddy, Qianlong, with a similar design of children going to school, illustrated by G.C.Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1970, p.132, pl.XLI. See also a pair of cups with the same design of children leaving school, illustrated by C.Brawer, Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Collection, Madison WIS, 1992, p.123, no.96.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE POLYCHROME 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' WALL SCONCEQianlongModelled as a bracelet-encircled arm, the hand formed to hold a candleholder and issuing from a teardrop-shaped bracket lightly moulded in relief with cloud scrolls, the arm white with a gilt bracelet and a gilt base to the candleholder, mounted on a later wood plaque.15.9cm (6 1/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 彩釉臂狀燭台Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.41出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號41See M.Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, London, 1971, pl.38, for a pair of silver-gilt sconces with branches in the form of human arms, bearing London hallmarks for 1684, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. For similar examples, see D.Howard and J.Ayers, China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, p.177, no.172; and D.Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande, London, 1974, pl.113, for an example in the collection of the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden. Note also a pair of similar painted enamel sconces illuatrated by S.Kjellberg Svenska Ostindiska Compagnierna 1731–1813: Kryddor, Te, Porslin, Siden, Malmo, 1975, facing p.221.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL, the outside decorated with a lotus meander with other flowers on a turquoise ground and above a Greek key decorated foot rim, bears blue four character mark to base, 7cm high, 15cm in diameter; A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL, the outside with blue printed decoration of the three friends of winter; pine, bamboo and plum, the well decorated with a carriage pulled by a tiger and leopard, bears blue four character mark to base, 8cm high, 17.5cm in diameter; AND A CHINESE CLOISONNE BOWL, the outside decorated with cockerels and prunus on a teal cloud ground, the interior decorated with children playing with fire crackers, bears red six character mark to base, 7cm high, 18cm in diameter (3)
A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PLATES, 18TH CENTURY, all with damage, comprising one in the Imari palette, the rim with flowerhead panels, possibly for the Dutch market, the remainder blue and white including two rectangular serving dishes with cut-off corners, another with riveted repairs (losses). First 35cm (5)
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