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Click here to subscribeChinese porcelain bottle vase with coral ground neck & gilt decorated zoomorphic handles above a continuous band of chickens, turquoise interior & base, iron-red Qianlong seal mark, adapted as a table lamp & drilled through the mark, probably late C19th / early C20th, the porcelain 11.15ins. (28.2cms.) high.
C17th Chinese Transitional / early Kangxi period porcelain 'wucai' trumpet vase, the 3-part decoration comprising a continuous scene depicting a group of 7 figures in a landscape, above a band of chrysanthemums & peonies, above a further band of peaches & other fruit, 15.4ins. (39.2cms.) high (see front cover illustration).
A good Japanese Satsuma vase formed as a phoenix with an oval section cylinder upon its back painted with a precession of figures beneath blossoming trees the bird richly painted with flowers leaf scrolls and with butterflies to the base four character gilt signature Meiji 1868-1912 14cm.
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.
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