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Lot 90
A Chinese robin's egg glazed archaistic vase, zun, 18th or 19th century, decorated to the body with archaistic taotie masks highlighted in gilt and covered in mottled blue and turquoise glaze, the base impressed with a six-character qianlong mark, 27cm high清十八/十九世紀 "大清乾隆年制"款爐鈞釉獸面紋尊 Condition Report: minor wear to the surfaceCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 47
A Chinse Yixing Jun-glazed meiping vase, 18th century, the tapered body with sides steeply rising from a gently splayed foot to bulging shoulders and surmounted by a short neck and a lipped rim, covered with a clair-de-lune glaze with crackles, 13.6 cm high清18世紀 宜鈞釉梅瓶 Condition Report: overall in very presentable conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 24
† A large and rare Chinese 'Imperial tribute' Canton enamel tripod censer, mark of Qianlong and of the period, of globular form supported on three cylindrical feet, chased on the exterior against the mille fleur ground with gilt bronze scroll, the central panel on one side finely painted with European figures traversing a hilly landscape bearing gifts accompanied by trumpet players and animals, the other side decorated with a lady holding a monkey and accompanied by a gentleman and attendant, flanked with two stylised chilong handles, the base inscribed in blue enamel with a six-character da qing qian long nian zhi mark on white ground, 45.5cm high x 50cm wide, with Japanese iron lid, total weight 5963 gramsAs a great example of the spread of Western influences to the East, this canton enamel censer is unusual in its size and chased scroll decoration in Baroque style. Compare with a similarly enamelled baluster vase at the Palace Museum, Beijing (accession number 故00116624). The lavish colouration and meticulous floral scroll on this censer are characteristic of painted enamel wares made by Guangzhou artists employed to produce tribute items for the Qing court. Since the technique of enamelling on metal was introduced by Jesuit missionaries residing in Guangzhou around 1684, the craftsmen of Guangzhou proved so proficient in the new craft that by 1716 the Kangxi Emperor is known to have summoned two artisans from there to work in the enamel workshop of the Imperial Household Department in the Palace. By the time of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, the art of enamelling on metal had reached exceptionally high standards, and this art-form continued to receive the Emperor's foremost interest and patronage.清乾隆 罕見"大清乾隆年製"款巴洛克風格銅胎琺瑯西洋人物圖香爐 Condition Report: areas of restoration to the painted scenesone handle with enamel restored rim with restoration to the blue enamel and cracks to the area near the handlesome retouching to the mille fleur groundscratches and wear to the gilding especailly on the baseCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 253
A large Chinese blue and white 'dragon' jar, Kangxi, decorated with peonies and chrysanthemums, the vase 29cm high including the metal rim and approximately 26cm wide; with associated pierced hardwood cover and overall height with cover 38cm high Provenance: From the private collection of contemporary artist Pablo Bronstein 清康熙 青花龍紋姜罐拍品來源：英國當代藝術家Pablo Bronstein私人收藏 Condition Report: neck probably reduced beneath metal rimminor star crack to body which is visible from the inside but does not appear to go to exterior but sold as viewed firing faults Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 193
A pair of Chinese Famille Verte square vases, Kangxi, painted with panels of flowers and birds, each on four ruyi feet, with underglaze blue open lozenge marks to bases within double circle, Radcliffe collection label 'H15', 15.5cm high x 9.8cm square Provenance: Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection and listed in the family archive, 'H15', as purchased from Sotheby's in 1937, for £2-0s-0d清康熙 五彩四時花卉圖方瓶一對拍品來源：Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族檔案編號H15), 1937年購自蘇富比 Condition Report: one vase with chip to tip of one foot and other vase with chip to three feet and minor wear to enamels see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 107
A Chinese gilt bronze Gu-shaped vase, 17th-18th century, cast of square section, the bulbous central section with archaistic taotie masks, with scrolling flanges on the edges and centre, the base cast with da ming xuan de wu nian jian du gong bu wu bang zuo zao mark, 29.3cm high, with photocopied receipt of purchase from Kamakura Art Co Ltd, dated 19th June 1955.17/18世紀 銅鎏金出戟獸面紋方觚拍品來源：日本古董商鐮倉古董，1955年6月19日（附發票） Condition Report: gilt rubbing in placesCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 266
A Chinese blue and white vase, Hu, 18th century, the facetted vase of archaistic design, decorated around the shoulder and body in underglaze blue with composite floral scrolls bearing large blooms, flanked by two handles, 40.8cm high 清中期 青花纏枝蓮紋雙耳壺 Provenance: Christies South Kensington, 12th December 1996, lot 468 Condition Report: drilled base and on the body with four short firing cracks but not go through to the bodyCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 292
A Chinese copper-red-glazed miniature bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century, the baluster body tapering to a long neck, supported on a short foot, the exterior covered with an even copper red glaze, 10.6 cm high清18-19世紀 銅紅釉小膽瓶 Condition Report: overall very good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 285
A Chinese flambé 'Dragon' vase, Qing Dynasty, the wide pear-shaped body resting on a flat base, under the rim moulded in high relief with a chilong dragon, covered overall with an opaque purple glaze mottled with lavender blue splashed, 16.5cm high清 玫瑰紫釉貼塑螭龍紋魚簍尊 Condition Report: one firing crack to the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 276
A Chinese carved 'longquan' celadon vase, Ming dynasty, with two large leafy peonies between a incised cloud band to the shoulder and vertical line band to the foot, 29.5cm high Provenance: Formerly from a family collection in Chelsea and to the current owner明 龍泉青釉牡丹紋瓶拍品來源：倫敦切爾西私人收藏 Condition Report: rim chip approximately 2cm x 1cm firing faults including some crazing to glaze Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 201
A Dehua incised vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi, the ovoid body with incised foliage issuing from rockwork and the other side with two scrolls tied with ribbons, the rim incised with ruyi scrolls, 16cm high Provenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)清 德化白釉花卉紋瓶拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。 Condition Report: in good condition other than typical firing blemishes Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 305
A Chinese Famille Verte 'Double Gourd' vase, 19th century, painted in Kangxi style with two ladies playing Go chess game in a fenced garden and accompanied by a dignitary, the base inscribed with a six-character apocriphal Kangxi mark, 36.8cm high清十九世紀 五彩"大清康熙年制"仕女弈棋圖葫蘆瓶 Condition Report: glaze with minor firing blemishesCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 296
An Imperial Chinese flambé vase, fanghu, Xuantong mark and of the period, with a wide body tapering towards the quatrefoil mouth rim, the neck flanked with lug handles, covered overall with an unctuous glaze of dark copper-red red tone streaked with dark mauve, thinning to white at the rim and sides, lobed edges and handles, the base unglazed and incised with the six-character Xuantong mark, the vase 30cm high, with carved hardwood stand Provenance:By Family descentTatiana Browning (younger sister of Peter Carson) Tatiana Carson (née Staheyeff, died 1981) Gifted from the Court of Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) in 1923 to Joseph Baldwin Carson (died 1949) Sold with a photocopy of the original accompanying letter, dated 27th June, addressed to Mr Joseph B. Carson from the Imperial Ministry of the Household at the Forbidden City. The letter thanks Mr Carson, then second secretary of the British Legation in Peking, for his assistance in fighting the fire at the Jianfu Palace Garden complex in the Forbidden City on the 27th June [1923]. At the time Mr and Mrs J Carson, recently married, were dancing at a party on the roof of the Grand Hotel de Pekin when they saw a red glare light up the night sky to the north. The Carson's and Irene Staheyeff (Tatiana Carson's sister) hurried to the eastern gate of the palace and when access was eventually granted at about 2.50am were swept along, with the Italian fire engines, into the Forbidden Palace. As there was no running water in the Forbidden City, until hoses could be organised, Tatiana organised a human chain of buckets of water and, together with her husband and sister, did what they could to fight the flames. The fire raged and despite their efforts the Jianfu Palace garden complex was destroyed, and the area lay as rubble until a major restoration project was completed in 2005. The Emperor Puyi's English tutor, Reginald Johnson, writes in his book, Twilight in the Forbidden City, 1934, 'I found the Emperor and Empress standing in a heap of charred wood, sadly contemplating the spectacle, the flames were still raging when I arrived. Just after I had reached the Emperor I was astonished to see three Europeans, one of them a lady, all in evening dress emerging from the clouds of smoke. They were Mr Gascoigne and Mr Carson of the British Legation staff, and Mrs Carson. After I had presented them to the Emperor and Empress, who at once thanked them for the zeal and courage they had shown in helping fight the fire, they told me they had see it from the roof garden of the Grand Hotel and had at once driven to the Forbidden City. Baffled at first in their attempts to pass the guards they had succeeded in making their way through the gates by mingling with Italian fireman.'The following day three ministers of the Imperial household thanked them for their help and the Emperor commanded that Mr Carson be presented with four porcelain vases and four bowls, detailed in a hand written list, of which this vase forms one of the original four vases described.For a more detailed account of the fire, including a photograph of Tatiana Staheyeff (later Carson) and Lucy Alston in Peking, circa 1921-1922, see May Holdsworth, The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City, 2008, pages 24-25.The pair to this vase was sold at Dreweatts, 18th May, 2022, lot 200清宣統 "大清宣統年制"款窯變釉雙耳壺拍品來源：英國駐民國二等參讚高爾森家族舊藏。1923年6月27日，高爾森先生及夫人於建福宮大火事件時於紫禁城附近參加一個聚會，發現紫禁城著火後便參與滅火，溥儀著內務府於火災後作為謝禮，贈送高爾森家族四件瓷瓶及瓷盤，該瓷瓶便為當時的一件。 Condition Report: in good condition other than very tiny glazed chips around foot rim wood stand with slight warping The photographs of the family taken in Beijing are for reference only and are not part of the lot.The photocopied documents are sold with the lotCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 306
A Chinese celadon ground vase, Qianlong, decorated to the body with the Three Friends of Winter with magpies in flight, rendered in white slip with copper-red highlights, all reserved on a pale celadon ground, 25m high清乾隆 豆青加白歲寒三友圖石榴尊 Condition Report: very presentable conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 232
A Chinese Jizhou bowl, Song or Yuan Dynasty, the interior with a dark brown glaze freely decorated with an abstract design of orchids in a light buff glaze, 15.2cm diameter; three Song-style tea bowls and a brown glazed vase (5)Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman The Jizhou bowl Purchased from Brian Page Antiques, 2nd May 1998宋/元 吉州窯褐釉盌及宋樣式茶碗等五件拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，吉州窯褐釉盌1998年5月2號購自古董商Brian Page Antiques Condition Report: the jizhou bowl with two areas restored on the rim, and with some cracks.see additional images for visual reference to the condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 249
A pair of Chinese blue and white vases and covers, Kangxi, painted with floral roundels enclosed within scroll banded borders, each with old paper labels for 'Hancock 37 Bury Street St. James's London', 17.5 cm high (2) 清康熙 青花花卉紋瓶一對 Condition Report: one cover broken into several pieces and repaired one vase with old restored sprayed and filed rim chip chip approximately 2cm long x 1cm high Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 293
A Chinese pink glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century, the vase covered with slightly mottled pink glaze, of baluster form with trumpet neck, the interior and base glazed in white with unglazed foot rim, 13.3cm highProvenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)清 粉紅釉賞瓶拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。 Condition Report: scale chip chip to outer rim 8mm wide x 6mm highchip to glaze about foot rim 1cm long x 5mm high and two other glaze blisters and chips also about foot rim each approximately 1.3cm long x 5mm highCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 187
A Chinese black-glazed pottery vase, Yuhuchun ping, late Song or Jin Dynasty, 12-13th century, the base with exhibition labels for Cape Town 1953, Radcliffe collection 'A22', Bluett & Sons London and BADA, 27.5cm high Provenance: Purchased by Bluett from Cie. de la Chine, Paris, June 14th, 1928, £8.00 Sold by Bluetts, Catalogue, A Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain from the collection of Sir Ernest Debenham, March 1934, No 56Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection, sold by Bluett to Major Radcliffe on the 17th July, 1946, for £18.00, and then by family descent, listed in family archive as 'A22' Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 57宋至金 黑釉玉壺春瓶拍品來源：Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族編號A22）,其於家族檔案中記載"1946年7月17日以17英鎊購自Bluett"，然而在Bluett的檔案中記載為" 1928年6月14日購自巴黎Cie. de la Chine，並以8英鎊於1934年3月在《Ernest Debenham爵士收藏中國陶瓷藝術專輯》中賣出" 展覽資訊：南非國家畫廊，中國藝術展覽，1953年，開普敦，編號57號 Condition Report: Rim chips to an area of 4cm x 7mm and gold lacquer repair on rim and foot rim chip 2.3cm x 2cm and crazing and holes to glaze see additional images for detailed reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 251
A fine Chinese blue and white vase, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1628-1643), well painted in vivid blue with a scene from the Ming opera Hong Fu Ji, the General Li Jing with his horse meeting a fisherman to cross the river in his boat, all beneath a willow tree, the reverse painted with a waterfall, the shoulder with incised band, floral border, 16cm highProvenance:The property of a GentlemanBy repute purchased by the current owner at Spink & Sons, circa 1989-1990明崇禎 青花杖策渡江圖蓮子罐拍品來源：英國私人紳士收藏，購自英國著名古董商Spink & Sons Condition Report: two firing blemishes to body of vase with iron brown spots and slight blister to the glaze minor shallow chip to unglazed foot rim Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 226
A Chinese Famille Verte vase, gu, Qing dynasty, 19th century, painted with flowers issuing from rockwork and with a pair of birds, the base with apocryphal Kangxi six character mark in underglaze blue, 30cm high Provenance: From a Private Collection 19世紀 五彩花卉圖花斛拍品來源：英國私人收藏 Condition Report: in good condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 46
A small Chinese Yixing Jun-glazed hu vase, Qing Dynasty, the flattened body rising from a splayed foot and flanked on the neck by a pair of lug handles, the vase covered overall in an opaque glaze of finely mottled pale purple colour, 10.2cm high清 宜鈞釉玫瑰紫貫耳壺 Condition Report: four cracks to the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 280
A Chinese porcelain lime green vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century, of baluster form with slender neck covered in a fine green glaze with black 'crackle' veining, 21cm high Provenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)清 檸檬黃哥釉搖鈴尊拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。 Condition Report: neck rim ground Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 298
A large Chinese Famille Verte 'Buddhist lions' bottle vase, Kangxi, the large pear-shaped bottle raised on a short foot, the tall cylindrical neck with a slightly everted rim, decorated around the globular body with four Buddhist lions playing with a brocaded ball and ribbons, the shoulder with a band of floral scrolls and a ruyi border, the top of the neck with a diaper-pattern band and pendent tassels, 47.2cm highProvenance: Property of a Gentleman, purchased in the 1890s by repute and by family descent.A similar famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jorg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Lier, 2011, p.43. See also a very similar famille verte vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 696.清康熙 五彩獅子戲球大棒槌瓶拍品来源：绅士收藏，家族于 1890 年代购买 Condition Report: the rim restoredCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 277
A Chinese 'Longquan' celadon glazed vase, Ming dynasty, heavily potted, the tapering ovoid body supported on a gently spreading foot, surmounted by a short cylindrical neck with later silver mount, carved to the exterior with four large stylised flowerheads growing amongst leafy branches between floral bands, all decorated with a tranquil sage green glaze, 31.5cm highProvenance:By descent to the present ownerCollection of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO (1869-1946)明 龍泉釉暗花梅瓶拍品來源：英國東方陶瓷創始人之一及英國傑出服務勛章持有人Kenneth Dingwall 中校（1869-1946）收藏，其在1910-1937年間為維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館最大的捐贈人。
Lot 280
A French gold oval snuffbox, the hinged cover with a vase filled with floral and foliate decoration, to surrounding scrolls, encircled by foliate border. The sides similarly decorated with vases and scrolling leaves. French poinçon for gold 3rd title (750/18ct), maker's mark SL. Also inscribed “Beb” on the reverse of the hinged cover. 36.54g 38mm x 50mmProvenance: Maurice 'Dick' Turpin, Barons Keep, London W14.
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