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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘FLORAL’ TABLE SCREEN A FAMILLE ROSE ‘TRIBUTE BEARERS’ BOWL
19th century Qianlong seal mark, late Qing Dynasty
Finely enamelled on one side with a variety of flowering plants, all Finely enamelled with foreign tribute bearers in a river landscape
issuing from craggy rocks, within an elaborate iron-red foliate border, scene just outside a city wall with fabulous creatures, including
set within a hongmu frame with archaistic scrollwork and pierced one riding a white elephant, another one on a Buddhist lion, whilst
stand. 48.5cm (19in) high x 32.5 (12 3/4in) wide (2). holding branches of coral and other precious objects.
18.1cm (7 1/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$13,000 - 17,000 £2,000 - 3,000
CNY12,000 - 15,000 HK$17,000 - 25,000
CNY15,000 - 23,000
Provenance
James Basil Wilson and Julia Wilson, and thence by descent. 69
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS’ WATER POT, TAIBO ZUN
In 1945, James Basil Wilson returned from The Second World War Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
having served with the Gurkhas. He married Julia Burke in 1949 and The elegant vessel of beehive form with high walls and shoulders
they moved to London. James started working for Iron and Steel rising to the lipped rim, delicately decorated in pink, blue, yellow and
Exporters and later that year, he was offered the chance to set up green enamels with large lotus sprays borne on meandering foliate
an office Hong Kong, so they moved there and set up home. The scrolls and issuing smaller blooms beneath a narrow ruyi-head band,
business was successful, they loved Hong Kong and they lived the the recessed base painted in the centre with the iron-red seal mark.
life of ex-patriates to the full. They swam, played golf, made friends 6.9cm (2 3/4in) diam.
and indulged their passion for fast cars, competing in amateur road
races. Julia claimed to have won at the first Macau Grand Prix. As £1,500 - 2,000
well as enjoying the pastimes of the culture they brought with them, HK$13,000 - 17,000
they developed an enduring love for China, Chinese people, Chinese CNY12,000 - 15,000
food and Chinese art. With a growing family, they returned to England
in 1957. They brought with them the pieces they had bought in Hong Beehive water pots of this type, Jiaqing seal mark and of the period,
Kong and James made many trips to Hong Kong and continued to appear to be rare. The motif and pattern however, is typical of the
build their collection throughout the following decades, mainly from Jiaqing reign and can be seen on a famille rose vase, Jiaqing seal
dealers in London. mark and of the period, illustrated in Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain
Vases of the Imperial Qing, the Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong,
Compare with a related famille rose rectangular table screen, mid- 2007, pp.376-377, no.136.
Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 2 November
2021, lot 79. Compare with a similar famille rose waterpot, Jiaqing seal mark and
of the period, which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 10 November
2010, lot 130.

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