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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH FAMILY
英國家族藏品
Lots 33 - 39

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A DINGYAO MOULDED ‘BUDDHIST LION’ 來源：倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd. We would like to thank Lord Cunliffe and
DISH 倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons，於1946年4月26日 Dominic Jellinek for the provenance information.
Jin Dynasty 以15英鎊購自John Sparks Ltd.
The shallow body finely moulded to the interior Cunliffe勳爵舊藏，藏品編號TT11，於1946年 Compare with a related but larger (17.5cm)
with a central medallion enclosing a striding 4月30日以20英鎊購自Bluett & Sons moulded Dingyao dish with a design of lions,
Buddhist lion reaching towards a bunch of 倫敦蘇富比，1952年5月20日，拍品編號41 Jin dynasty, in the National Palace Museum,
lotus, encircled by a fluted border at the rim, Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊 Taipei, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains
covered inside and out with a creamy-white 藏，藏品編號S4，並由後人保存迄今 of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the
glaze, all supported on a short straight foot, Collection of the National Palace Museum,
the rim bound in copper. Rolf, Lord Cunliffe began collecting Chinese Taipei, 2014, no.II-118.
13cm (5 1/8 in) diam. art when he was an RAF officer, stationed
in London towards the end of World War II. See also a similar Dingyao moulded Buddhist
£1,500 - 2,000 Over the next 20 years, he acquired over lion dish, Jin dynasty, which was sold at
CNY13,000 - 18,000 five hundred Chinese ceramics, jades and Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3203.
bronzes; buying judiciously but regularly from
the best dealers in Chinese art dotted around
金 定窯印花獅子蓮紋盤 Mayfair and St James. galleries like Bluett’s,
Spark’s and Spink’s. At his London flat in the
Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London heart of Mayfair, across the street from the
Bluett & Sons, London, acquired from the above famous Dutch dealer in Chinese art Peter
on 26 April 1946 for £15 Boode, he squeezed his growing collection
Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary into steel filing cabinets inconspicuously
Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the tucked away in his bathroom! Visiting
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, acquired collectors like the King of Sweden would
from the above on 30 April 1946 for £20 spend happy hours sitting on the edge of
(collection, no.TT11) the bath, discussing the finer points of a jade
Sotheby’s London, 20 May 1952, lot 41 rhyton or a Junyao bowl.
Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979),
collection no.S4, and thence by descent

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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