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                                                        A Chinese copper-red glazed vase, Yuhuchunping, Qing Dynasty, 18th
                                                        century, the elegant pear-shaped body with waisted neck and flaring mouth
                                                        rim covered on the exterior with a lustrous red glaze, all raised on a straight
                                                        foot and glazed white in the interior and base, 30cm high

                                                        Provenance:
                                                        From the collection of the late Jean Jardine Johnstone Keswick (1885-
                                                        1977) and by family descent. Jean Keswick lived in Hong Kong as far back
                                                        as the 19th century, and was part of the business dynasty of Scottish
                                                        origin associated with the Far East region since 1855, and in particular the
                                                        conglomerate Jardine Matheson.

                                                        清十八世纪 祭红釉玉壶春瓶
                                                        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

                                                        £600-1,000











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       157                                                                                                                         A rare Chinese ‘peachbloom’ brush washer, tangluo xi, Kangxi mark and of the period, of compressed circular form, covered in a rich crushed
       A Chinese high-fired flambé faceted vase, Guangxu six-character incised                                                     strawberry red glaze with some olive-green inclusions, thinning slightly at the rims, the interior and base glazed white, the base with six-character
       marks and of the period (1875-1908), Fanghu, with indented corners                                                          mark of Kangxi in underglaze blue, 11.7cm diameter
       at the mouth rim and the corners of the neck, the broad sides of the
       body moulded with peach-shaped panels, the narrow sides with faceted                                                        Provenance:
       lug handles, covered with a glaze of crushed-strawberry shading at the                                                      Private collection and inherited by the current owner.
       corners to a darker brownish-red colour, the base incised with Guangxu
       six-character mark but drilled through part of the mark, 29.5cm high,                                                       This type of brush washer is described as being of gong shape, or tangluo xi, as it has a very compressed body. It belongs to a group of vessels
       previously adapted as a lamp                                                                                                referred to as the ba da ma, ‘Eight Great Numbers’. See, J. Ayers, ‘The Peachbloom Wares of the Kangxi Period (1662-1722)’, Transactions of the
                                                                                                                                   Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 64, 1999-2000, p. 49.
       Provenance:
       From the collection of the late Jean Jardine Johnstone Keswick (1885-                                                       清康熙 豇豆红釉”大清康熙年制”款铴锣洗
       1977) and by family descent. Jean Keswick lived in Hong Kong as far back                                                    拍品来源:英国私人收藏,现藏家祖母于其母亲处继承
       as the 19th century, and was part of the business dynasty of Scottish
       origin associated with the Far East region since 1855, and in particular the                                                £2,000-3,000
       conglomerate Jardine Matheson.

       清光绪 “大清光绪年制”款窑变釉双耳壶
       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

       £600-800
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