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William Wilberforce (Billy) Winkworth (1897-1991) was one
of the greatest collectors of Chinese and Japanese works of
art of his time. He was the son of Sir Stephen D. Winkworth
(d.1938), an eminent collector of Chinese art and one of
the founding members of the Oriental Ceramic Society. Billy
Winkworth worked at the British Museum from 1919 to 1926
under the Keeper R.L. Hobson, later working part time at
Sotheby’s and Glendinnings; see R.Davids and D.Jellinek,
Provenance, Oxon, 2011, pp.443-444.

W.W. (Billy) Winkworth (1897-1991)出身於收藏世家，其父
Stephen D. Winkworth爵士（卒於1938年）是倫敦東方陶瓷協
會創始人之一，亦是英國二十世紀初最具權威的中國藝術收藏
大家之一。受其家庭影響，W.W. Winkworth尤其熱衷收藏中
國及日本藝術品，並在時任館長R.L.Hobson先生的介紹下，
於1922年至1926年在大英博物館任職。此後便一直擔任英國
蘇富比公司的顧問。更多有關其生平的論述，見R.Davids及
D.Jellinek著，《Provenance》，牛津，2011年，頁443-444。

Billy Winkworth, Isle of Wight, 1982

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品

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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MING-STYLE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ JAR Provenance:
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period N.H.P. Huth
Elegantly potted with a tapering body raised on a slightly recessed Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1966, lot 132
foot, the creamy white body delicately outlined in a soft underglaze W.W. Winkworth (1897-1991)
blue and finely enamelled in translucent green, yellow and iron-red with Sotheby’s London, 12 December 1972, lot 119
two three-clawed winged writhing dragons striding amidst undulating Hugh Moss Ltd., London, acquired from the above sale
cloud wisps, all between two borders of lotus petal lappets, the top of Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1543
the matched cover, 18th century, decorated with a front-facing five- An important Asian private collection
clawed sinuous dragon amidst iron-red flames, fitted box.
10cm (3 7/8 in) high (3). 來源：
N.H.P. Huth舊藏
HK$4,000,000 - 6,000,000 倫敦蘇富比，1966年4月26日，拍品編號132
US$510,000 - 770,000 W.W. Winkworth（1897-1991）舊藏
倫敦蘇富比，1972年12月12日，拍品編號119
Hugh Moss有限公司，倫敦，購自以上拍賣
清雍正 鬥彩應龍紋罐 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款 紐約佳士得，2011年9月15日，拍品編號1543
重要亞洲私人收藏

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