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A rare pair of Chinese ‘Pheonix’ stem
cups, Republican Period, each with slightly
flared steep sides rising from a flat base,
supported on a tall hollow splayed foot,
the interior of the cup carved with a pair
of phoenix separated by two peonies, four-
character Yongzheng reign mark neatly
applied in white slip on the base of the 155
153 interior, all beneath a pale blue-green glaze, A Chinese blue-glazed ritual altar ‘Temple
9cm high, fabric covered box (2) of Heaven’ vessel and cover, Dou, Guangxu
mark and of the period (1875-1908), the
Provenance: rounded bowl supported on a columnar
From the collection of the late Jean base encircled with a raised band and
Jardine Johnstone Keswick (1885-1977) and terminating in a flared pedestal foot,
by family descent. Jean Keswick lived in surmounted by a fitted domed cover with
Hong Kong as far back as the 19th century, globular knop, moulded with bands of
and was part of the business dynasty of archaistic design in crisp, shallow relief, and
Scottish origin associated with the Far applied overall with a lustrous blue glaze,
East region since 1855, and in particular the the interior and base white-glazed, the six-
conglomerate Jardine Matheson. character mark incised in a line inside the
foot, 26cm high
民国 白釉”雍正年制”凤鸟纹高足杯
拍品来源：英国Jean Jardine Johnstone See Margaret Medley, ‘The Illustrated
Keswick (1885-1977) 家族私人收藏，其 Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia
曾于晚清时居于香港 of the Ch’ing Dynasty’, T.O.C.S., vol. 31, 1957-
1959, pp. 95-105, pl. 39a. Medley notes, p.
£1,000-1,500 100, that in the Winter Solstice sacrifice
154 held in the Temple of Heaven in 1748, blue
A very fine and rare pair of Chinese small Blanc de Chine libation cups of rhinoceros horn form, 17th century, each unusually fluted in the bodies porcelain vessels were used for the first
and moulded with a tiger and dragon, a deer and crane amongst pine and rockwork, with recessed unglazed base, with Marchant labels to each, 9.8 time as stipulated by Emperor Qianlong,
cm diameter x 6 cm high (2) and these sacrificial rites continued
throughout the Qing dynasty.
Provenance:
From the estate of the late Stuart Gavurin Provenance:
Included by Marchant in their 60 anniversary exhibition of Blanc de Chine, December 1985, no. 75, p. 35. From the collection of the late Jean
th
Sold by Marchant to Mr. S. Gavurin, 9 December 1985, stock no. S5064. Jardine Johnstone Keswick (1885-1977) and
th
A similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by W. B. Honey in Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain, plate 109e. by family descent. Jean Keswick lived in
Hong Kong as far back as the 19th century,
明17世纪 德化白釉角杯一对 and was part of the business dynasty of
拍品来源：S. Gavurin先生于1985年购自英国著名中国艺术品古董商Marchant Scottish origin associated with the Far
East region since 1855, and in particular the
£600-800 conglomerate Jardine Matheson.

清光绪 “大清光绪年制”祭蓝釉豆
拍品来源：英国Jean Jardine Johnstone
Keswick (1885-1977) 家族私人收藏，其
曾于晚清时居于香港

£1,000-1,500
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