Woolley & Wallis
Lot 56
A CHINESE IMPERIAL FACETED YELLOW BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE FOUR CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 With a bulbous octagonal body with a long slender neck raised on a tall foot, with a four character mark in a square border incised to the base, together with a reticulated wood stand, 15cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Leonard Henry Pike (1885-1961). Cf. C Brown and D Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, p.75, no.39 for a similar vase from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. See also E B Curtis, Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere: The Glass of China, pl.9.1. A similar vase was sold at Christie's Hong Kong on 1st December 2010, lot 2925 and another on 28th May 2014, lot 2916 from the Edward T Chow Collection. From the collection of Leonard Henry Pike and thence by descent. Leonard Henry Pike (1885-1961), ‘Public Servant and Agent-General’, was born at Streatham in London in 1885. The day after his marriage to Lucy Raymond on 31st March 1910, he and his new wife emigrated to Australia. He worked in the Department of Justice, enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force during WWI. After the war he was went back into public service, working as an official secretary to three successive premiers, E. G. Theodore, W. N. Gillies and William McCormack. He organized official visits to Queensland, including the 1927 tour of the Duke and Duchess of York. In 1927 Pike was appointed official secretary to the Queensland agent-general's office in London. From 1928 he had been working in the sugar industry representing Australia on the International Sugar Council until 1952 as vice-chairman. Pike represented the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' (and Airmen's) Imperial League of Australia on the British Empire Service League from 1927. In 1931-51 he was the Australian Football Association's delegate to the council of the Football Association in London. A proficient horseman, Pike was also a chorister, organist and newspaper columnist. He died on 24 March 1961 at Bexhill, Sussex, and was buried in the cemetery at Bexley Hill. 清乾隆 御製黃料八棱瓶《乾隆年製》來源：Leonard Henry Pike（1885-1961）收藏。
