Lot 38. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare small 'Longquan' celadon-glazed melon-shaped teapot, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Length 13.3 cm. Lot Sold 30,480 GBP (Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939).
Sotheby's London, 28th May 1940, lot 91.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Collection of Charles Russell (1866-1960).
Sotheby's London, 12th July 1960, lot 129.
William Clayton Ltd., London, 31st December 1971.

Literature: R.L. Hobson, The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, vol II, London, 1925-28, pl. 32.

Exhibited: Kinesiska Utsallningen, Stockholm, 1914, cat. no. 325 / 216.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1937, cat. no. 454.

Lot 39. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A small 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'ribbed' jar and cover, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 12 cm. Lot Sold 5,715 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 13th October 1969.

Lot 40. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed stem cup, Early Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 12 cm. Lot Sold 5,715 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Captain W. F. Collins (1865-1948).
Bluett & Son Ltd., London, 17th July 1927.
Collection of George de Menasce (1890-1967).
Spink & Son Ltd., London.
Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 30th April 2010.

Exhibited: The George de Menasce Collection, Part I, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1971, cat. no. 63.

Lot 41. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A small 'Yue' celadon-glazed jar, Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420). Height 12 cm. Lot Sold 6,985 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 13th December 1988, lot 106.
Marchant & Son, London.

Lot 42. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Yue' celadon-glazed jar, Six Dynastie (317-420). Height 18.8 cm. Lot Sold 4,064 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 15th June 1972.

Lot 43. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare 'Hongzhou' celadon-glazed jar, Six Dynastie (317-420). Height 18.8 cm. Lot Sold 5,080 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Priestley & Ferraro, London, 22nd November 1995.

Note: Compare two related examples with similar plate-shaped rim and bridge-shaped loops on the shoulder, illustrated in Su Shu, 'Nanjing chutu de liuchao hongzhou yao ciqi' [Hongzhou kiln wares of the Six Dynasties period unearthed in Nanjing], Dazhong Kaogu, Nanjing, 2020, pls 55 and 56. Compare also a closely related example, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qingfeng cuise. Yueyao texzhan / Special Exhibition of Early Chinese Greenware. Principally Yueh Ware, Taipei, 1996, cat. no. 100; and three further examples, each with a longer neck than the current jar, illustrated in Yutaka Mino and Katherine R. Tsiang, Ice and Green Clouds. Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis, 1987, pls 37, 37a and 37b.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford, no. 766j90.

Lot 44. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare 'Hongzhou' celadon-glazed cup and stand, Six Dynastie (317-420). Diameter of stand 15.4 cm. Lot Sold 5,334 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Anthony Carter, London, 15th April 1994.

Lot 45. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A Qingbai cup and stand, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Overall height 12.7 cm. Lot Sold 5,334 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Blitz, Amsterdam, 15th June 1985.

Lot 46. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A Qingbai cup and stand, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter of stand 14.3 cm. Lot Sold 3,556 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Blitz, Amsterdam, 21st June 1988.

Lot 48. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A green 'Jun' dish, Northern Song / Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 18.2 cm. Lot Sold 35,560 GBP (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 28th July 1955.
Collection of Dr H. A. Treble (1907-1981).
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 10th April 1981.

Lot 49. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare large green 'Jun' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Height 16 cm. Lot Sold 25,400 GBP (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014).
Anthony Carter, London, 5th November 2012.

Note: Compare a piece of similar shape, but with a sky-blue glaze, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Junci yaji. Gugong Bowuyuan zhencang chutu Junyao ciqi huicui / Selection of Jun Ware. The Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 2013, pl. 31.

Compare also a blue-glazed Jun bowl from the Sir Percival David Collection and now in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Stacey Pierson, Song Ceramics. Objects of Admiration, London, 2003, pl. 3, pp. 24-25; and a slightly larger example, sold at Christie’s New York, 22nd March 2018, lot 540. Compare also a green-glazed Jun bowl, but with a shorter wall, illustrated in Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 88, then sold in these rooms, 5th November 2008, lot 550.

Lot 50. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A carved 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'chrysanthemum' dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 18.3 cm. Lot Sold 5,715 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 5th December 1987.

Lot 51. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A moulded 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'peony' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 19.8 cm. Lot Sold 17,780 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Jan van Beers Oriental Art, London, 13th June 2006.

Lot 52. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). An exceptionally rare 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed pillow, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Length 31 cm. Lot Sold 38,100 GBP (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Priestley & Ferraro, London, 20th April 2005.

Lot 53. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A black-glazed bowl and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 12.2 cm. Lot Sold 22,860 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 3rd December 2004.

Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no. P104k41.

Lot 54. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A black-glazed globular ewer, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 12.8 cm. Lot Sold 12,700 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963).
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 10th June 1971.

Exhibited: The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 236.

Lot 55. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A black-glazed meiping, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 24.8 cm. Lot Sold 17,780 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

the shoulder carved with two characters reading nei fu (imperial household).

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 9th June 1987, lot 155.

Lot 56. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Cizhou' black-glazed russet-splashed jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Height 18.8 cm. Lot Sold 17,780 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Warren E. Cox, New York.
Collection of Dr Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987).
Roger Keverne, London, 13th June 2011.

Exhibited: 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.

Lot 57. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Xing'-type white-glazed foliate-rim dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Length 16 cm. Lot Sold 11,430 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Berwald Oriental Art, London, 12th June 1999.

Lot 58. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A small carved 'Ding'-type white-glazed box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 8.5 cm. Lot Sold 3,810 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th December 1989, lot 223.
Patrizia Chignoli Arte Orientale, Milan, 14th June 1998.

Lot 59. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Ding' white-glazed lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 16.5 cm. Lot Sold 3,048 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of A. R. Gordon Cumming Esq.
Blitz, Amsterdam, 22nd June 1998.
Priestley & Ferraro, London, 23rd April 2015.

Lot 60. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A 'Ding' white-glazed mallow-form bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 18.5 cm. Lot Sold 3,302 GBP (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Lot 61. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A carved 'Cizhou' 'floral' bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 23.3 cm. Lot Sold 3,048 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Marchant & Son, London, 13th June 1983.

Lot 61. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A painted 'Cizhou' 'floral' pillow, Yuan  dynasty (1279-1368). Length 29.5 cm. Lot Sold 2,540 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 14th November 1972, lot 342.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 14th November 1972.

Lot 63. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A very rare white-glazed and iron-green decorated 'floral' jar, Five Dynasties (907-960). Height 25 cm. Lot Sold 2,540 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1983, lot 29.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 16th December 1983.

Note: Jars of this type, with an elegant silhouette, accentuated two dark green-coloured floral sprigs on the shoulder, are extremely rare and offers a glimpse into the the mastery of porcelain production attained during the Five Dynasties. This elegant form, with an ovoid body gently rising to a rounded shoulder and narrowed to a lipped mouth, was popular with several northern kilns at this period. Jars with such distinctive decoration and a subtle ivory coloured glaze appears to have been produced in the Jingxing kiln located in Hebei province from the Five Dynasties onwards. See a related jar, together with a similarly decorated stand, illustrated in Meng Fanfeng, Chulun Jingxing yao [Preliminary Discussion of Jingxing kiln], Hebei, 2020, pl. 4.

Lot 64. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A Qingbai ewer, cover and basin, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Overall height 26.2 cm. Lot Sold 48,260 GBP (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Priestley & Ferraro, London, 22nd September 2003.

Note: Compare a related example, with floral carvings to the shoulders of the ewer and a less pointed petal-shaped basin, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji. Liang Song ciqi / The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 153; one with relief petals on the shoulder and cover of the ewer, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd October 2017, lot 14; and another sold at Christie’s London, 12th December 1988, lot 16.

Lot 65. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare Qingbai spittoon (Zhadou), Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Diameter 18.5 cm. Lot Sold 48,260 GBP (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Brian S. McElney (1932-2023).
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 30th August 1985.

Lot 66. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A pair of moulded Qingbai 'bird' dishes, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Diameter of larger 19.2 cm. Lot Sold 7,620 GBP (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Marchant & Son, London, 14th June 1991.

Note: Compare a pair of bowls with similar moulded decoration, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30th November 2021, lot 360; and one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th May 2022, lot 345. Compare also one, but in a smaller size, sold in our New York rooms, 7th November 1980, lot 85.

Lot 67. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A rare carved Qingbai 'peony' vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 29.2 cm. Lot Sold 7,620 GBP (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 28th March 1988.

Lot 68. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A Qingbai model of a granary, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Height 24.5 cm. Lot Sold 19,050 GBP (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 18th June 1986.

Lot 69. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023). A pair of moulded Qingbai 'lotus' hexagonal handled vases, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height of taller 23.5 cm. Lot Sold 5,080 GBP (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Jan van Beers Oriental Art, London, 5th November 2005.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 1st november 2023