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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘PRUNUS AND Collection of J.P Reeves OBE, and thence by A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE
MAGPIE’ BOWL descent. ROSE RECTANGULAR JARDINIÈRES
Qinghua Zhenpin four-character mark, J.P. Reeves was a member of the British Yongzheng
Republic Period diplomatic corps and was stationed in the Each rectangular planter with a flaring body
The bowl with an inset foot, enamelled to Far East from 1933 until 1950. He started on an openwork plinth, finely enamelled to
the exterior with two magpies perched on a his career in Beijing and finished as consul in each face with narrative scenes, the mouth
prunus branch heavy with blossom. Macao. rims fitted with gilt-bronze embellishments.
13.1cm (5 1/8in) diam. (2). Each: 24cm (9 1/2in) wide (2).
Compare the present bowl to an enamelled
£1,500 - 2,000 ‘bamboo’ bowl, early 20th century, bearing £6,000 - 8,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000 the same mark translating at ‘precious item’, CNY52,000 - 69,000 HK$59,000 - 78,000
sold in our New Bond Street salerooms 10
November 2011, lot 570. Also see a green
and yellow enamelled ‘dragon’ bowl with the
same mark and dated to the Guangxu reign
in the Percival David Foundation collection,
museum no. PDF.754.

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