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Lot 192
SET OF EIGHT REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY depicting figures at various leisurely pursuits in mountainous landscapes, for example a scholar contemplating the landscape on a bridge, accompanied by an attendant, a scholar ascending the steps leading towards a mountain retreat, two scholars drinking tea beside a waterfall, in gilt wooden frames (8) 26x24cm (overall) Provenance: Private Scottish collection. For more information, please see lot 183.
Lot 195
SET OF TEN CHINA TRADE 'TEA CULTIVATION' PAINTINGS QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1800 ink and colour on paper, depicting various stages of tea cultivation: cultivating the plants, picking the tea leaves, bringing the tea from the fields for sorting and drying, sorting and drying, pounding the leaves, bringing the tea for firing, firing the tea, packing tea and weaving boxes, loading the tea for Canton, a tea hong in Canton, all framed and glazed (10) 28x19cm (sight) Provenance: Private Scottish collection. For more information, please see lot 183. Note: This set of images depicting the production of tea belongs to the tradition of Chinese export paintings. Produced in the port cities of Canton in the eighteenth and nineteenth century and depicting various aspects of Chinese life, the export paintings were popular souvenirs for Western travellers and merchants. Around 1800 paintings illustrating the main trade production processes, such as porcelain manufacture, tea growing and harvesting, and silk production became particularly popular. Based on the traditional genre of Genzhi Tu (Illustrations of Agriculture and Sericulture), these China trade paintings are interesting not only because of their technical precision, but also because they place the processes in fanciful and idyllic settings far removed from actual life, so as to give the Westerners an idealised image of China. A complete set would have comprised twelve paintings, each illustrating a particular stage of the process. Very few complete sets exist today, and fewer even have ever appeared on the art market (See for example lot 190 of Sotheby's sale in their New York rooms on 13th September 2017). A comparison between the known sets shows that, whilst the artists follow very strict schemes of pictorial composition, they were allowed to exert their artistic freedom in the rendering of details.
Lot 116
A Chinese watercolour on pith paper illustrating the production of tea , China Trade School, circa 1820-1850, originally part of a larger set , framed 63.5cm x 55cm The tradition of Chinese watercolour and gouache painting was one firmly rooted in the export market, where scenes of westerners and western-bound goods were very common, and the finest became some of the most sought after items of the export trade. Particularly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, watercolours depicting porcelain, silk, rice and especially tea production were often put together in sets of twelve or more individual sheets. The present sheet follow this tradition firmly, the quality and exceptional attention to detail reaffirming the importance of tea to both China and the West.
Lot 3073
A Royal Worcester Crown Ware part tea set, designed by Robert "Scottie" Wilson, comprising four teacups, six saucers, six tea plates, breakfast cup and saucer, milk jug, sucrier and cover, transfer printed with primitive silhouette motifs of the natural world on a terracotta ground, the saucers with totemic emblem, printed marks, c.1965
Lot 3078
A Shelley regent shape tea set, printed and painted with sunlight amongst slender tall trees, comprising six tea cups, six saucers, six side plates, milk jug, sugar bowl, bread and butter plate, printed mark in green, reg.No. 781613, retailer's mark for Lawleys Regent Street, ref.WS0148, original paper label to plate, c.1930
Lot 617
A THREE-PIECE INDIAN WHITE METAL TEA SERVICE, comprising an oval teapot with domed and hinged cover, surmounted with Buddha riding a lion, and a lower band with further Buddhas in relief, on oval stem base; together with matching sugar bowl and cream jug; an Indian white metal napkin ring; a pair of similar Indian napkin rings; a three-piece plated condiment set comprising salt, pepper and sugar castor; a plated cocktail shaker; and a plated trophy cup. (11)
Lot 1208
Ceramics - a Torquay mottoware teapot; hot water jug; others milk, cream, cups, sauces, trinket dishes etc; Price Kensington cottage ware teapot, biscuit barrel, milk and sugar, butter dish, others; a Staffordshire floral printed three tier cake stand; a Midwinter Homemaker pattern monochrome printed plate; flower models; Beswick and Carlton Ware leaf shaped dishes; a Staffordshire Royal Wedding 1981 tea set for six;
Lot 1654
A set of Queen's pattern silver plated and stainless steel flatware; a set of EPNS fish knives and forks, cased; a bread knife with antler haft, similar knives and forks; a set of Royal Crown Derby Posie pattern tea knives, cased; fruit spoons; Harrods tea knives, cased; other flatware; qty
Lot 545
A fine Chinese silver Tea Set and Kettle on Stand, by Hung Chong, Shanghai, c.1860-1930, The three-piece tea service decorated with snarling dragons in high relief, simulated bamboo handles with ivory insulators, lids with melon knops on leaf bases, each marked 'HUNGCHONG SHANGHAI' and two-character mark; kettle, stand and burner marked "HC", total approx weight 68oz (5)
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