Page 44 - Bonhams, Roger Keverne Moving on Part 1 May 11, 2021 London

60
A CREAM-GLAZED BLUE-SPLASHED BOWL
Tang Dynasty
With deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a flared
mouth, applied with a cream glaze splashed in blue falling in streaks
particularly to the exterior, where the glaze stops irregularly halfway
down the body exposing the fine pale biscuit. 10cm (4in) diam.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐 白釉藍斑盌

Provenance: Captain William F. Collins
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London acquired from the above on 6 October
1926
Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), acquired from the above on
9 November 1926

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Bluett & Sons, ‘Early Chinese
Works of Art’, London, 9-20 November 1926, no.57.
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.27.
60
來源：William F. Collins上尉舊藏
倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons，於1926年10月6日購自上者
瑞典學者Emil Hultmark博士 (1872-1943年) 舊藏，於1926年11月9日
購自上者

展覽著錄：Bluett & Sons，《Early Chinese Works of Art》，
倫敦，1926年11月9-20日，編號57
Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號27

For more details about Captain W.F.Collins, see R.Davids and
D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxon, 2011, p.124.

For a related blue-splashed plate, Tang dynasty, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, see Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties: The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong,
1996, p.183, no.169. See also a related blue-splashed vessel, Tang
dynasty, illustrated in The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1964,
no.119.
61
A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY THREE-PART ‘STUPA’ URN AND
COVER
Tang Dynasty
Boldly painted in slip with large flowerheads between a stylised lappet
band at the mouth and a simple band at the foot, the oviform vessel
surmounted by a slender tiered cover, all standing in a hollow conical
base decorated with moulded ridges and a wave border at the foot.
56cm (22in) high. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐 塔形陶罐

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2003, no.36.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，
編號36

Examples of these urns have been found in the tombs of monks and
members of the Imperial household in the Tang dynasty. See a more
complex example, excavated from the tomb of the granddaughter
of the founder of the Tang dynasty, dated 724, Jinxiangxian, Shaanxi
Province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1997:1, fig.31, p.13; an example
without cover from the tomb of an Imperial concubine, dated 740,
61 Luoyang, Shaanxi, is also published in Wenwu, 1995:8, figs.13 and
14, p.44; and see a vessel with pierced base excavated from a monk’s

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
42 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.