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A BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUP
Xuande six-character mark, late Ming Dynasty
Finely painted around the exterior with three floral sprays interspersed
with florets, all beneath a double-ring at the mouth rim, the interior with
another floral spray.
6cm (2 3/8in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
明晚期 青花蓮紋小盃
青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.
The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner
who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police,
1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family
returned to England shortly after the Second World War.

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾
於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教
傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。

The decoration on this cup was likely inspired by 15th century blue and
whiteware; A legacy of Chenghua, Hong Kong, 1993, pp.200-201,
no.C56. For a related example, see a blue and white bowl, Xuande
85 mark, late 16th century, from the Sir Percival David Collection, British
Museum, illustrated by R.Scott and R.Kerr, Ceramics Evolution in the
Middle Ming Period, London, 1994, p.33.

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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘BAMBOO’ VASE
Mid Qing Dynasty
Crisply carved as a hollow bamboo trunk with naturalistically-grooved
nodes and issuing leafy branches, flanked by a pheasant perched on
high rockwork, the stone of pale-green tone with reddish-brown russet
patches, box.
14.2cm (5 5/8in) high. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

清中期 青白玉帶皮仿竹節形瓶

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.
The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner
who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police,
1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family
returned to England shortly after the Second World War.

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾
於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教
傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。

Compare with a related jade vase with bamboo and phoenix, Qing
dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade, 8, Beijing, 2011, p.223, no.181.

See also a pale green jade bamboo-shaped ‘phoenix’ vase, 18th
century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 166.

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