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14 avril 2014

An anhua-incised white-glazed 'lotus' cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period

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Lot 23. An anhua-incised white-glazed 'lotus' cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 7cm, (2 1/2in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,600 - 6,000)Sold for £ 7,500 (€ 8,418). Photo Bonhams.

Thinly potted with six petal-like lobes each delicately incised with thin lines above a band of moulded and incised lappets above the low foot, 7cm, (2 1/2in) diam.; together with a blue and white lotus seed bowl, lianziwan, Xuande mark but 18th century, 10cm (4in) diam. (2). 

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Archibald D. Brankston (1909-1941), and thence by descent

Note: Archibald Dooley Brankston was one of the pre-eminent authorities on Chinese porcelain in the early 20th century. Born in Shanghai, he was fluent in Chinese and worked in China as a civil engineer. He later succeeded R.L.Hobson as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum, 1938-1941. He assisted in the preparation of the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1935-36, and is particularly remembered for his pioneering scholarship on Yongle porcelain culminating in the publication of his book Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen in 1938, before his premature death. His collection was mostly presented to the British Museum, but a few pieces remained in the family, presenting a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of early 20th century British collecting history.

Compare a very similar but slightly larger white-glazed cup from the Carl Kempe Collection, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, fig.747. Another similar pair is illustrated by Yau Hok Wa, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005,no.22.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014

 

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