Lot 33. Property from the Cunliffe Collection of Chinese Art. A Longquan celadon warming bowl, zhuge wan, Early Ming Dynasty; 15.5cm (5 7/8in) diam.. Sold for £4,000 (€5,078) inc. premium. Photo Bonhams.

The thickly potted body freely carved to the centre of the shallow interior with a floral roundel encircled by a trellis and flower head band below the flattened rim, the exterior with stylised peony and ruyi scrolls, all covered with a pale celadon glaze save for the pierced foot burnt orange in firing. 

Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 
Acquired from John Sparks Ltd., London in May 1959
The Cunliffe Collection, no.PM132, and thence by descent

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, 10:30 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET