Page 56 - Bonhams Fine Chinese Art November 2018

PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
英國私人藏品
Lots 154 - 156

154
A BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
With deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flaring
rim, the exterior painted with four ruyi-bordered roundels enclosing
stylised characters reading Wanshou wujiang (Boundless long life),
interspersed with lotus sprays supporting beribboned bajixiang, the rim
with a classic scroll and the foot with a lappet band, the interior with a
shou character medallion encircled by the bajixiang.
18.3cm (7 1/4in) diam.
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY91,000 - 140,000
清乾隆 青花「萬壽無疆」番蓮紋盌
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
this lot was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent
assisting in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion on behalf of the Imperial
Court, as one of the Eight Allied Powers.

來源：
據家族歷史記錄，1900年義和團庚子拳亂期間，藏家作為英國隨軍外
交官得此拍品於北京。其時，八國聯軍之一的英軍分遣隊由准將阿爾
弗雷德·蓋斯利帶領，受清廷委託平息拳亂，藏家亦隨行軍中。

Compare with a very similar pair of blue and white bowls, Qianlong
seal mark and of the period, which were sold at Sotheby’s London,
7 November 2012, lot 495.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
54 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.