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Lot 295
LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE MONTIETH, KANGXI PERIOD of oval form supported on four claw and ball feet, the crenellated rim above a pair of lion mask, enamelled on each side with a blossoming gnarly tree emanating from rocks, the rim bordered with various flowering plants and edged in cell pattern with carp swimming around the interior rim above large fish shown amidst waterweeds and other aquatic creatures, Width: 56cn. Provenance: Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd 2nd Baronet of Lightcliffe, Yorkshire (B1894 -D1965) and thence by decent
Lot 101
RARE PERSIAN MARKET FAMILLE VERTE WINE EWER AND COVER, KANGXI PERIOD the shaped baluster sides painted with panels of exotic birds amidst verdant, blooming rocky outcrops, the tall hexagonal foot with panels of flowering stems reserved against a trellis-ground , Height: 36cm Provenance: The Martin Laing Collection
Lot 246
GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH, KANGXI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD the interior painted with a writhing five-clawed dragon, amongst flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, enclosed within a green line border repeated at the rim, the exterior decorated with two striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, Diameter: 17.5cm. Provenance: Private Sussex Collection
Lot 42
HONGMU RECESSED TRESTLE-LEG 'PORTABLE' TABLE, QIAOTOU'AN, KANGXI PERIOD the plank top with everted ends above a pierced frieze carved with bats, ruyis and scrolling tendrils, raised on open square section legs , Height: 108cm, Length: 264cm, Width: 47.5cm Provenance: The Martin Laing Collection
Lot 304
19th century Chinese famille verte charger, lobed edges decorated with a dragon and a phoenix surrounded by clouds, Kangxi mark. 46cm diameter Charger is in excellent condition. No restorations, damages or cracks noted. No noted damages to the paintwork. One small chip to the outer edge at one lobe, which could possibly be from when it was made. Minor scuff mark to the glaze in a couple of places.
Lot 104
A Chinese blue and white gu vase,Kangxi (1662-1722), of tapering cylindrical form with a flared mouth, painted with landscapes and flowers in shaped panels, 34cm highProvenance: Purchased from Phillips, Son & Neale, 11 August 1971.清康熙 青花开光山水人物图花觚Condition report: Glaze chipped and chips to rim, chips around foot. Water stains to base.
Lot 105
A Chinese clobbered blue and white vase,Kangxi (1662-1722), of double gourd form, painted with figures on horseback in shaped panels,40.5cm high清康熙 青花开光人物故事图葫芦瓶Condition report: Wood stand drilled with cracks, base missing, small chips to rim and foot rim, surface scratches and minute chips to edges, gilt rubbed.
Lot 155
A pair of Chinese blue and white ewers,Kangxi (1662-1722), each of pear form with a loop handle and scroll spout attached to the neck, painted with scrolls in a shaped panel against a crackled-ice pattern ground,with the collector's label 'Morgan Collection 258/86502' and 'Morgan Collection 259/96502',17.5cm high (2)Provenance: The Pierpont Morgan Collection, from the family of 'Robber Baron' Jason 'Jay' Gould.清康熙 青花开光卷草纹执壶 一对 Condition report: Covers missing. One with chips to handle, spout and footrim, and a hairline crack from rim to neck.
Lot 424
A Chinese blue and white tea bowl, of rounded form with a flared rim rising from a circular foot, painted with a literatus, possibly Zhang Qian, riding a raft formed from a gnarled tree, with a book in his right hand, a crane and two bats above, six-character Kangxi mark, 9.1cm diameterCondition report: No obvious faults.
Lot 152
A group of modern Chinese ceramics, comprising two blue and white boxes and covers; a tulip vase; a polychrome baluster vase and cover, bearing Wanli style marks; a porcelain bowl and cover, bearing Kangxi style reign marks; a small vase with handpainted panels, poem to sides; and a blue and white double moon flask
Lot 152
◆ DOUCAI 'CHICKEN' CUP CHENGHUA MARK, PROBABLY KANGXI PERIOD finely potted in with gently flared sides, around the exterior painted in faint outlines of underglaze blue and picked out in overglaze enamels with a lively continuous scene of two cockerel-and-hen groups, each group observing their chicks foraging for food, one cockerel with head turned back, the other arching his neck forward with his beak slightly opened, two groups divided on one side by ornamental rocks and yellow lily flowers with bright green leaves, the other with rose bush issuing brilliant red flowers on stylised rocks, the countersunk base inscribed with a six-character apocryphal Chenghua mark within double squares (Dimensions: 8.3cm diameter) (Qty: 1)(8.3cm diameter)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: formerly in a private English collection in Bath, UK, probably acquired in the 19th or early 20th century, thence by decent
Lot 156
BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' JARDINIERE KANGXI PERIOD potted on a slightly flared short foot with deep bulbous body and everted rim, the body decorated with an old scholar with his attendant carrying a qin musical instrument amongst dramatic landscape, the base perforated to the centre (Dimensions: 22.8cm diameter) (Qty: 1)(22.8cm diameter)Qty: (1)
Lot 158
BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE GUANGXU PERIOD the bulbous body finely painted with two birds perching on a tree brunch with peony flowers, with an apocryphal four-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue, with a wooden base (Dimensions: 44cm high) (Qty: 1)(44cm high)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection, Brighton, acquired from The Union Trading Co., Hong Kong （合成行）on 29th March, 1993, with an original receipt stated the piece dated to the Qing dynasty, Guangxu period. With a Certificate of Antiquity issued by Hong Kong Art Craft Merchants Association Limited （香港藝術品商會有限公司）on 30th March,1993, stated the piece dated to the Qing dynasty, dated from 1875 to 1908
Lot 159
PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED VASES KANGXI MARK each of Meiping shape with straight cylindrical mouth, the body finely painted with three figures and a horse, an associated inscription with the main title read 'Three Windswept Heroes', the base inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark (Dimensions: 26cm high each) (Qty: 2)(26cm high each)Qty: (2)
Lot 175
WUCAI BRUSH POT KANGXI PERIOD the cylindrical body painted with an elegant lady holding lingzhi fungus sprig accompanied by two children at play in a garden setting, reverse with an ornamental rock and butterfly, the base with a countersunk circle to the centre after an unglazed band (Dimensions: 12.7cm high) (Qty: 1)(12.7cm high)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection
Lot 179
WUCAI GARLIC HEAD VASE KANGXI PERIOD supported on a flat base raising to a tapered bulbous body, the narrow elongated neck terminating to a bulb with a cylindrical mouth, painted in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers reserved on a red-enamelled beaded ground (Dimensions: 37cm high) (Qty: 1)(37cm high)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: formerly in a private Belgian collection
Lot 191
PAIR OF WUCAI 'MONTH' WINE CUPS KANGXI MARK AND QIANGLONG MARK comprising a near pair of month cups, both finely potted with rounded and steep sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the exterior delicately painted with daffodils, their bases respectively inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark and Qianlong mark in underglaze blue (Dimensions: 6cm diameter each) (Qty: 2)(6cm diameter each)Qty: (2)Footnote: Provenance: Private Scottish collection, probably acquired in Shanghai in the late 19th century
Lot 212
WUCAI BRUSH WASHER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD of short cylindrical form with subtly waisted body, the interior painted with an old man and child, sprigs of flowers to the exterior, the countersunk underside inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue (Dimensions: 13cm diameter) (Qty: 1)(13cm diameter)Qty: (1)
Lot 212
A large bronze 'chilong' incense burner and coverQingtong xuan zhi mark, Kangxi/YongzhengHeavily cast, of compressed oval form supported on three feet, flanked by a pair of chilong handles, with further two dragons clambering on each side, below the shoulders cast with lotus lappets, surmounted by a reticulated cover cast with a pair of high relief dragons amidst cloud scrolls reaching towards a single dragon forming the finial, the base cast with the mark which may be translated as 'Made for the Pavilion of Qingtong'. 40cm (15 6/8in) wide (2).Footnotes:清康熙/雍正 銅飾螭龍大香薰「青桐軒製」篆書鑄款Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descent來源：西班牙私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Qingtong is a pseudonym of Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732), official painter and grand secretary to the Imperial court, and editor of the 5,020 volume encyclopaedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng. He was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 220
A cloisonné enamel baluster vase, Hu17th century Well cast with a globular body supported on a spreading foot rising to a waisted neck, set with a pair of taotie ring-handles at the shoulder, brightly and lavishly enamelled around the exterior with shaped panels containing auspicious birds in a garden setting, all reserved on a turquoise ground decorated with cracked-ice and flowers, between bands of further floral motifs and grape vines. 38cm (15in) high.Footnotes:十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光花鳥紋活環耳壺Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏Compare with a related cloisonné enamel baluster vase, Kangxi, illustrated by Beatrice Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, London, 2011, p.259, no.69.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 23
A yellow-glazed 'dragon' bowlKangxi six-character mark and of the periodFinely potted with deep rounded sides rising to a flaring rim from a short straight foot, incised around the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the interior with a central dragon roundel, covered in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze save the base glazed white, box. 12cm (4 3/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 黃釉刻龍紋盌青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: a Swiss private collection來源：瑞士私人收藏Compare with a related yellow glazed bowl with incised dragons, but with straight sides, Kangxi, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol.2, Geneva, 1999, p.69, no.190.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 29
A very rare white glazed 'cut-through' 'lotus' bowlQianlong seal mark and of the periodThinly potted with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flared rim, delicately pierced around the body with a broad band of scrolling lotus blooms, applied overall with a transparent unctuous glaze revealing the white body and intricate design. 13.5cm (5 1/4in) diam.Footnotes:清乾隆 白釉玲瓏透花番蓮紋盌青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款Provenance: P. Parizel collection, by reputeGalerie 41 Antiquités, MonacoA European private collection, and thence by descent來源：傳為P. Parizel舊藏摩納哥古董商Galerie 41 Antiquités歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今This delicate bowl is notable for its exquisite lace-like decoration, which was made by piercing the body with a delicate openwork design of small perforations that were subsequently filled with a clear glaze. An innovation of the Qianlong period, this decoration is known in the West as 'grains-de-riz' (rice grain), because the tiny perforations resembled small grains of rice.Compare with a related example, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl.147; another in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published by J.Ayers and S.Masahiko, eds, Ceramic Art of the World, vol.15, Tokyo, 1983, pl.280; one with a more elaborate motif illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, pl.793, and later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2012, lot 3; a pair from the Alfred F. Pillsbury collection in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien-Lung, Los Angeles, 1952, no.320; another slightly smaller pair in the Zhuyuetang Collection, illustrated by L.Schwartz-Arenales, eds, Mille ans de Monochromes, Geneva, 2018, p.372, no.197a-b.See also a similar white glazed 'cut-out' decoration bowl and cover, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1501. A similar pair of bowls, Qianlong seal marks and of the period, was sold at Sotheby's London, 6 November 2019, lot 7.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 30
A rare yellow-glazed incised bowlKangxi six-character mark and of the periodIncised around the exterior with four floral medallions interspersed with billowing clouds above a band of upright lappets, all between a double incised line encircling the foot and rim, the interior similarly incised with a central floral medallion, all beneath a pale yellow glaze, save for the base left white. 12cm (4 3/4in) diam.Footnotes:清康熙 黃釉刻團花紋盌青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Galerie 41 Antiquités, Monaco, 15 December 1996A European private collection, and thence by descent來源：1996年12月15日購自摩納哥古董商Galerie 41 Antiquités歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a similar yellow-glazed bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 15 June 2020, lot 18.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 35
A rare green enamelled incised 'dragon' dishHongzhi six-character mark, 17th centuryEnamelled and incised in the interior with a writhing five-clawed dragon, the exterior with a further two striding green dragons. 18cm (7 1/8in) diam.Footnotes:十七世紀 綠彩刻龍紋盤青花「大明弘治年製」楷書款Provenance: Montague L. Meyer collection, no.352 (label)Sotheby's London, 10 July 1951, lot 109Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979), collection no.V16, and thence by descent來源：英國Montague L. Meyer舊藏，藏品編號352（標籤）倫敦蘇富比，1951年7月10日，拍品編號109Robert Stanley Hope Smith舊藏（1910-1979），藏品編號V16，並由後人保存迄今A similar dish from the Hongzhi period of the same size and shape but with the dragon surrounded by waves, deeply incised and covered with a pale-green enamel, is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, pl.693. See also a Hongzhi dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in Minji meihin zuroku, vol.II, Tokyo, 1977, pl.82, also with the dragon-and-cloud design.A similar green dragon dish with Hongzhi mark, Kangxi period, was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, lot 169.The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCB periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 36
A famille verte square vaseShunzhi/early KangxiThe stoutly potted body with tapered rectangular sides supporting a waisted cylindrical neck and everted rim, each side painted in bright enamels with legendary figures from history and folklore including generals, scholars and emperors, the neck with florets and lozenges. 35.5cm (14in) high. Footnotes:清順治/康熙早期 五彩人物故事圖方瓶Provenance: Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979), and thence by descent來源：Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今The scenes depicted on the vase probably refer to scenes in the Ming dynasty historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong. Their martial exploits were spread by professional storytellers as well as in operas and woodblock-printed novels. The prints from these books in turn were the major source of inspiration for the painters who decorated the present lot. Compare with a similar famille verte square baluster vase with very similar scenes, 1650-1670, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc.no.CIRC.384-1931).The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCB periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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