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A SHIWAN ‘STORKS’ GROUP Provenance A GROUP OF BOOKS BY R. L. HOBSON
19th/20th century The blue and white vase, Peter Wain, 14 ET AL.
The two birds modelled huddled and perched March 2009 (receipt). Comprising: R. L. Hobson, Porcelain of
on rockwork issuing leafy branches, with long The enamelled dish, Peter Wain, 10 all Countries, Constable and Company
beaks and crackle-glazed plumage. 43cm December 2005 (receipt). Ltd., London, 1913; R. L. Hobson and E.
(17in) high The enamelled dish comes with a certificate of S. Morse, Chinese, Corean and Japanese
authenticity signed by Mr. Zhai Xiaoxiang and Potteries, Japan Society, New York, 1914; R.
£800 - 1,200 dated 1995. L. Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,
CNY7,100 - 11,000 vol. I-II, London, 1915, 443/1500; A. L.
HK$8,800 - 13,000 Illustrated Hetherington, The Early Ceramic Wares of
The dish, D. S. Howard, A Tale of Three China, London, 1922; R. L. Hobson and A. L.
Provenance Cities, Sotheby’s, London, 1997, p. 262, pl. Hetherington, The Art of the Chinese Potter,
362.
Peter Wain, 2 August 2008 (receipt). London, 1923, 207/1500; R. L. Hobson, The
Wares of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1923,
143 144 • TP 110/250, signed by the author; R. L. Hobson,
The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London,
A LARGE NUMBER OF REFERENCE
TWO VESSELS FROM CONTEMPORARY BOOKS ON CHINESE AND OTHER ASIAN 1925; R. L. Hobson, Chinese Porcelain and
SENIOR MASTERS ART AND HISTORY Wedgewood Pottery, London, 1928, limited
Zhai Xiaoxiang, 1995, and Master Professor Including: Michaelson, C. Gilded Dragons: edition of 350; R.L. Hobson, B. Rackham
Huang Yun Feng Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages, and W. King, Chinese Ceramics in Private
Comprising: a dish enamelled with three London, 1999; Rawson, J. Mysteries of Collections, London, 1931, 140/625 [sold lot
carp swimming in a lotus pond, dated to Ancient China: New Discoveries from the Early subject to no return]. (qty).
the Dinghai year (AD1995), signed by the Dynasties; Watson, W., The Arts of China, 3
artist beside a red seal, fitted box; and a vols. Yale, 2000; together with a number of £2,000 - 3,000
cylindrical vase painted in cobalt blue with a books on Chinese and other Asian history and CNY18,000 - 27,000
craggy mountainous landscape beneath an a large number of auction catalogues from the HK$22,000 - 33,000
inscription. The dish: 21.5cm (8 1/2in) diam. main Houses. [sold lot subject to no return].
(over 300).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000 £1,500 - 2,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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