Page 59 - Important Chinese Art Sothebys March 2019

526
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BALSAM a pair of bowls of this type, from the percival 清乾隆 粉彩過枝癩瓜紋盌一對
PEAR’ BOWLS David Collection and now in the British
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND museum, London, is illustrated in Catalogue 《大清乾隆年製》款
PERIOD of Ch’ing Enamelled Wares, London, 1958, 來源
pl. 897; a bowl in the musée Guimet, paris,
each delicately potted with the deep rounded is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World S.M. Franck，倫敦
sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, Great Collections, vol. 7, tokyo, 1981, pl. 91; H.D. Warren 夫人收藏，1911年
the exterior finely enameled with leafy bamboo and another is published in the Illustrated 皇家安大略博物館，多倫多，1911至1969年
stalks and a butterfly fluttering over a branch Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Waddington, Mclean & Co., Ltd，多倫多，
of blossoming and fruiting kugua vines, the Ceramics, vol. 2, tokyo, 1980, pl. 660. a fine 1970年代 ( 傳 )
branch extending over the rim to the interior, pair of bowls from the alfred Beit Collection,
issuing further clusters of foliage and fruit, the sold in our London rooms, 6th november 2013,
base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in lot 78; another pair sold in our hong Kong
underglaze blue (2) rooms, 8th october 2014, lot 3646; a single
Diameter 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm bowl of this type sold in our hong Kong rooms,
27th may 2014, lot 724; another, from the Wen
PROVENANCE tsan Yu Collection, sold at Christie’s new York,
s.m. Franck, London. 18th-19th september 2014, lot 959; and a third
Collection of mrs. h.D. Warren, 1911. sold in these rooms, 21st march 2018, lot 543.
royal ontario museum, toronto, 1911-1969. see another pair, sold in these rooms, 12th
Waddington, mclean & Co., Ltd, toronto, 1970s september 2018, lot 148.
(by repute). mrs. h.D. Warren was a philanthropist who was
active in the support of numerous charities in
toronto. In 1909, after her husband’s death, in
addition to her numerous causes, she took over
management of the his business, Dominion
tire and rubber. For decades she served as a
member of the royal ontario museum board
of directors and was one of its most ardent
benefactors.
$ 60,000-80,000

57