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A Chinese yellow ground gourd shaped vase decorated with a formal lotus scroll and other auspicious symbols. One ring handle lacking the side of the foot drilled for electricity and with a metal lamp fitting to the rim. Iron red six character Jiaqing mark but probably later 32cm.
A fine and rare Chinese mille fleurs wall vase with gilt animal mask handles to the waisted neck the body finely painted with a multitude of garden flowers the base with an iron red six character Qianlong seal mark and of the period 1736-95 the reverse and interior turquoise glazed the rims gilded 20.3cm. Together with a wood support. Provenance: From the collection of Victor Sullivan (d.1976) Victor Sullivan was a successful London businessman and a close personal friend of Herbert Cescinsky the distinguished author of ‘English Furniture of the 18th Century’ and ‘English Domestic Clocks’ and ‘Chinese Furniture’ Cescinsky introduced him to the pre-eminent dealers of the day and through them he built his collection buying only the finest and rarest examples. His collection of porcelain was acquired through Hancocks Bluetts Sparkes Sydney Moss and Spinks. The decoration commonly known as ‘Mille Fleurs’ juxtaposes hundreds of chrysanthemums peonies lilies convolvulus roses magnolias irises astas begonias camellias and many other flowers so that the porcelain surface is entirely covered giving a tapestry-like effect becoming almost abstract. Eighteenth century examples are rare the best known is the large Qianlong baluster vase also with an iron red reign mark from the Grandidier Collection formerly in the Louvre and which can now be seen in the Musee national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet. Cf. La Chine des porcelaines. Cf. The Forbidden City A Collection of Photographs by Hu Chui no.48 for a view from the Inner Palace where a number of wall vases can be seen in situ.
An unusual Chinese blanc de Chine gu-shaped beaker vase 17th century 27cm. A similar piece was in the Hatcher Collection Christie’s Amsterdam lot 314 and another found in the tomb of Wan Li is mentioned by Richard S Kilburn in ‘Transitional Wares and their Forerunners p.217. A further example from the Carl Kempe Collection is illustrated by Bo Gyllensvard in ‘The Worlds Great Collections Oriental Ceramics Vol.8’ museum of Far East Antiquities Stockholm no.261.
A rare Chinese blanc de Chine small vase with a tall flared neck encircled by a fork tailed dragon Kangxi 1662-1722 12cm. A similar vase was inventoried in the Dresden collection of Augustus the Strong before 1726; and another in the Burghley House Stamford inventory of 1688 is illustrated in Lang The Wrestling Boys: An Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the 16th to the 18th Century in the collection of Burghley House no.227 p.88. See also J. Ayers The Koger Collection no.148. Provenance: The Bindley Collection.
A Chinese blue and white bottle vase painted with four figures beside a river and rockwork the reverse with two columns of calligraphy the base with a four character hallmark and a blue and white goblet painted with landscape panels. Both with damage and good restoration. Both Kangxi 1662-1722 21cm. (2)
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