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Rolf Cunliffe began collecting Chinese art when he was a Royal Air
Force pilot stationed in London towards the end of World War II. Over
the next 20 years, he acquired over one thousand Chinese ceramics,
jades and bronzes. At his flat near Grosvenor Square, London, he had
to build special storage units for his collection in the bathroom. As his
son, the 3rd Baron Cunliffe remembers, ‘visiting collectors like the King
of Sweden would spend happy hours sitting on the edge of the bath
discussing the finer points of a jade rhyton or a Junyao bowl.’

Rolf Cunliffe勳爵為英格蘭東南部薩里郡Baron Cunliffe 第二代，二戰前
曾擔任英國皇家空軍飛行員。二戰後的二十年中，開始收藏中國陶瓷
器，古代青銅器、玉器、鼻煙壺，是最具影響力的中國藝術品收藏家
之一。他酷愛中國藝術，甚至把藏品放在位於倫敦格羅夫納廣場家裡
浴室的保險櫃中。其子第三代勳爵曾回憶：「記得當瑞士國王來拜訪
時，他和我父親兩人在浴室裡為討論一件玉杯或鈞窯洗可以坐上整整
幾個小時。」

Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899 - 1963)

The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

65 *
A RARE DINGYAO MOULDED ‘FLORAL’ BOWL Provenance: Cheng Te-k’un, prior to October 1950
Jin Dynasty Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1950
The thinly potted bowl with a plain exterior and typical olive teardrop Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern
trails, the interior crisply moulded in six panels each with an upright Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
cluster of floral sprays including daisy, peony and camellia, a strip Sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 16
of corroded metal adhering at one point to the unglazed biscuit rim, Acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 3 February 2010, no.2896
fitted box. The Reid Collection
19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam. (2).
來源： 1950年10月前，Cheng Te-k’un先生舊藏
£30,000 - 50,000 英國倫敦古董商，Bluett & Sons Ltd.，1950年
CNY270,000 - 440,000 劍橋大學菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵
(1899-1963)舊藏
金 定窯白釉印花卉紋盌 倫敦邦瀚斯，2002年11月11日，拍品編號16
現藏家於2010年2月3日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis，編號2896
Reid 收藏

For a very similar Dingyao bowl, early 13th century, see Teiyo hakuji,
Tokyo, 1983, no.133. For another similarly-moulded bowl in the
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, but with a central medallion of two
fish, see B.McElney, Inaugural Exhibition, vol.1 Chinese Ceramics,
Bath, 1993, no.88.; Another related Ding bowl with floral patterns in
six sections around the interior, Song dynasty, is illustrated in Selected
Chinese Antiquities from the Collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince
of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pp.118-119, pl.75.

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