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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

158

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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
157

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