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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central medallion decorated with chrysanthemums within a diaper border with four landscape panels surrounded by deer, cranes and floral spray, 35cm diameter. (2)
Provenance: John Sparks, 2nd October 1986.
John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£400-600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILE VERTE BOTTLE VASES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The body decorated with flowers and butterflies within two panels, below lappet and ruyi head bands on the shoulders and neck, 23cm H. (2)
Provenance: John Sparks, prior to June 1987; John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£800-1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QUAIL' CENSERS AND COVERS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Decorated in colourful enamels on a turquoise blue ground, each with detachable wings and modelled with its head turned to one side, later gilt wood stands, 12.5cm H. (2)
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£1,000-1,500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MONOCHROME TEACUPS.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and possibly of the period.
With rounded sides, one covered in a mint green glaze, the other in a yellow glaze, 3.5cm H, 8cm diameter. (2)
£400-600
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A CHINESE EGGSHELL FAMILLE ROSE BOWL.
Republican era.
Finely painted with birds among chrysanthemums emerging from behind rocks between an enamelled blue ruyi head border at the rim and key fret border at the base, qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 13cm diameter.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£500-800
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A DOUBLE HANDLED QUATRALOBED WINE CUP.
Qing Dynasty.
Of compressed quadrelobed form, the body decorated with archaistic patterns, twin blue-enamelled qilong handles, with fitted carved wooden stand, 7.5cm H.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£300-500
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TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE RICE PAINTINGS OF BIRDS.
Qing Dynasty.
Framed and glazed, the smaller pair 13 x 17.5cm, the larger 17 x 26.5cm. (4)
Provenance: George Spencer Decorations Ltd., 30th December 1969. (one pair); John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£400-600
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A CHINESE GILDED AND CARVED ARCHITECTUAL PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
Deeply and ornately carved as figures ascending a steep walkway, 65 x 33cm.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£400-600
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A SET OF THREE CHINESE APPLIQUED FIGURES OF EUROPEANS.
Qing Dynasty.
Framed and glazed, 24 x 34cm. (3)
Provenance: John Sparks, 6th June 1986; John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£400-600
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Y A CHINESE CANTON CARVED IVORY BRISÉ FAN WITH PAINTED LEAF.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved with figures in a landscape setting, painted with a large group of figures relaxing on a palace veranda, the guard sticks deeply carved with further figures, framed and glazed, 27 x 51cm.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to October 1991.
£400-600
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Y A CHINESE CANTON CARVED IVORY CALLING CARD CASE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Carved with figurative garden scenes enclosed within dragon borders, 9 x 5cm.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£150-250
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TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE HEXAGONAL-SECTION FAMILLE VERTE SWEET MEAT DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
One pair decorated with prunus branches, the other with lotus flowers, 10.5cm diameter. (4)
Provenance: John Sparks, 24th July 1986, [the prunus decorated pair]; John Sparks, 2nd September 1986 [the lotus flower decorated pair]. :John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£200-300
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A CHINESE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED FAMILLE ROSE BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng era.
Decorated in bright enamels with peony flowers, and mounted to the rim and base, the interior with a further floral spray within a double circle, 5.5cm H.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£200-300
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THREE CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL SAUCERS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
A pair each depicting a watery mountainous landscape scene, another depicting a figure on a horse followed closely by an attendant, 9cm across. (3)
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., 14th September 1987 (two landscape pattern saucers); John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£200-300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE SWEET MEAT DISHES TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The dishes of canted square form, decorated with prunus blossom and peonies. (9)
Provenance: John Sparks, 17th October 1986 [the dishes]; John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£100-200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES.
Qing Dynasty.
A male and female figure each standing on a rectangular plinth, 22cm H.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£100-200
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A LARGE SQUARE SECTION VASE.
Cyclically dated to dingchou, according to 1937.
The body decorated with figurative scenes, the neck with calligraphic inscriptions between fruit-form handles, 59cm H.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£100-200
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A PAIR OF SANCAI GLAZED HORSES.
20th Century.
12cm H. (2)
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£100-200
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A GROUP OF CHINESE HARDSTONE CARVINGS.
Comprising a bottle vase, 17.5cm H, a pair of Buddhist lion dogs, 18cm H, and a pair of Moghul-style dishes, 11.5cm long. (5)
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£60-80
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A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANDI.
17th Century.
Seated on a throne, his hands concealed beneath loose fitting robes, with exposed armour at his chest, wearing a tied cap with two braids, covered overall in a cream glaze, 27cm H.
£3,000-4,000
Literature: For a similar example see Donnelly: Blanc de Chine, pl 97A
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CRANES DISH.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli period.
Decorated with a central roundel of three cranes among scrolling clouds, surrounded by five floral roundels, fu gui jia qi seal mark to base, 37cm diameter.
£1,500-2,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH.
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi era.
The interior decorated with a standing official holding a hu tablet, 15.5cm diameter.
£600-800
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED DRAGON CENSER.
Transitional Period, c. 1690.
Of globular form with wide shoulders rising to a waisted neck below a galleried rim, the sides tapering slightly, the body decorated with two confronting dragons among scrolling clouds and frames above foaming waves, their tails separated by a rectangular panel, enclosing the text, dalu wen fu, dalu la taiyi zhi, lu he dizi yang longfu yin, with hardwood stand, 45cm H.
£1,500-2,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE.
Transitional Period.
Of slender cylindrical form, painted with a scene of an official receiving a scholar and his acolyte while holding a sprig of flowers in his hand, two attendants stand closely behind, all within a garden landscape with craggy rockwork and various trees, the waisted neck further painted with four leafy sprigs of blossoming tulips.
44cm H.
£100-200
Literature: For a related vase see Butler, Medley, and Little: Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990, pl 98, where it is noted that the presence of tulips indicates the piece was produced for the Dutch market.
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE.
Transitional Period.
Of slender cylindrical form, painted with a scene of figures in a landscape, below pendent leaf tips on the waisted neck, 46cm H.
£200-300
Literature: For a transitional vase with closely related scene see Butler, Medley, and Little: Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990, pl 37.
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASES.
Transitional Period.
Each of elongated cylindrical form with waisted necks, painted around the exterior with continuous garden scenes inhabited by officials and their attendants surrounded by rocks and gnarled trees, the mouth rims with a band of pendent leaves, 44cm H. (2)
£22,000-25,000
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A GARNITURE OF FIVE BLUE AND WHITE VASES, THREE WITH COVERS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The hexa-lobed body with six panels enclosing ladies and caged birds, supported on a spreading foot and rising to a spreading neck, three with a galleried rim supporting a domed cover with bud form finial, 12.5cm H. (5)
£3,000-4,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND CARP' DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
A central panel decorated with a dragon raised up from a bed of waves confronting a fish, within a band of swirling decoration, within the foliate rim, 21cm diameter.
£1,000-1,500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The body a band of vertical ribbing interrupted by four circular panels enclosing scenes of a lady with boys at play, all enclosed within two bands of auspicious symbols, with reticulated wooden cover, 23cm H.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
With a globular body supported on a spreading foot, decorated with a Buddhist lion dog chasing a ball, rising to a tall neck, 17cm H.
£300-500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE GOURD VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The body decorated with flowers emerging from rocks, 17cm H.
£300-500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The body decorated with two rows of rectangular panels alternately painted with the 'hundred treasures' and a landscape scene, 49cm H.
£6,000-8,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi.
Decorated to the body below the foliate rim with ladies holding flowering branches between Buddhist emblems interspersed with flowers, above a band of moulded lappets enclosing ruyi heads, da ming chenghua nianzhi mark to base, 20.5cm diameter.
£1,000-1,500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Each decorated with a central panel depicting a boy between two ladies on a garden veranda, within a diaper border with four panels enclosing flowers, each with da ming chenghua nianzhi mark to base, 21cm diameter. (2)
£800-1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'MASTER OF ROCKS' PLATES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Each decorated with a central landscape scene within a band of pine leaves, 20cm diameter. (2)
£1,500-2,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX ON ROCKS' PLATES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Each decorated with a roundel enclosing a bird on a rocky base, below flowering branches, the moulded scalloped rim with a band of lappets enclosing, 27cm diameter. (2)
£1,000-1,500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with an interior narrative scene within the central roundel, da ming jiajing nianzhi mark to base, 27cm diameter.
£500-800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
Painted to the central roundel with a scholar and a lady on a garden veranda, 27cm diameter.
£500-800
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The larger decorated with a crab to the central medallion and fish to the ribbed rim, all among scrolling foliage and sea plants, the smaller with a central medallion of flowers, da ming chenghua nianzhi mark to base, 20.5 / 16cm diameter. (2)
£200-300
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A CHINESE AUBERGINE-GLAZED INCISED 'DRAGON' DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
With shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior incised with a central dragon surrounded by two dragons, the exterior with two further dragons, all among scrolling clouds and flames, applied overall with a brilliant aubergine glaze partly running over the foot ring, save for the base applied with a transparent glaze covering a black six-character reign mark within double circles, 25cm diameter.
£5,000-6,000
Literature: For a related dish see Chinese Porcelain, the S.C. Tianminlou Collection, 1987, volume 1, pl 144 and Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Roger Collection, pl 144, where it is noted that 'this dish is part of an imperial dragon service continuing a style instituted under the Ming, although the colour is relatively new'.
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A CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUERED PORCELAIN VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The ovoid body supported by a spreading neck, rising to an onion-rim, the body decorated with a continuous scene of scholars in a landscape, with decorative bands on the neck and foot, 23cm H.
£10,000-15,000
Examples of porcelain applied with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid decoration, sometimes referred to as laque burgautée, are extremely rare and require a pains-taking process of cutting, polishing and lacquering mother-of-pearl pieces before setting within a black lacquered surface which takes on the appearance of a glaze. The technology behind the limited group of known pieces of this type was perfected under the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722) although Strange (1926) attributes
one lacquered vase from the Stephens collection to the Qianlong era (1736-1795).
Among the Kangxi examples, there are a pair of baluster form vases and covers from the Grandjean collection in the Museum of Decorative Arts (donated 1923), a jar from the Winkworth collection in the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague (donated 1933) and a yenyen vase from the Bushell collection (published in his work, Chinese Art, 1910, vol 2). Another piece, without provenance information, is reproduced in an article from a 1910 edition of Connoisseur magazine. These pieces are illustrated below left to right.
The European interest in these pieces, apparent particularly in the first quarter of the 20th Century and earlier, gives an indication that European porcelain collectors may have appreciated them within a broader context of Chinese porcelain, rather than as virtuoso examples of mother-of-pearl inlaid black lacquer. Indeed black-ground porcelain, particularly popular with the European export market, experienced significant development in the Kangxi era. Mirror black glazes (for example, see lot 231) were high fired with a highly glossy finish and were a specific innovation of the Kangxi period, being produced from colbalt with iron and manganese rather than the purely iron-based blackwares of the Song Dynasty. Mirror black porcelain was on occasions decorated in gilt, and in very rare cases enamelled with other colours. Another Kangxi development in black-ground porcelain was famille noire porcelain where black is applied to the unglazed surface of the vase under a layer of bright green enamel to intensify the colour, often around the edges of coloured enamel decoration (for a Qianlong era example, see lot 119). In this context it is easy to see how laque burgautée decorated porcelain may have been seen as a novel variation on the theme of black-ground porcelain.
Nevertheless, the present piece in its pared down depiction of scholars relaxing outdoors exhibits a strong literati aesthetic; and in common with Beurdeley and Raindre's (1987) description of the Winkworth jar, is 'a piece of great rarity' (Qing Porcelain: Famille verte, Famille rose, London, 1987, p. 65).
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PEAR-SHAPED VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era mark and of the period.
The body brightly enamelled with two qilin and a Buddhist lion dog above a ribboned ball, against iron red flames, the neck with a qi dragon, wooden stand, 40cm H.
£400-600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE JARS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of slender ovoid form, decorated with panels enclosing flowers and butterflies below a ruyi head band, 22.5cm H. (2)
£400-600
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of baluster form with a trumpet neck, the body decorated with panels of flowers and butterflies, 28.5cm H.
£300-500
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A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central roundel decorated with flowers, rockwork, butterflies and insects, surrounded by four similarly decorated panels, 38cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central roundel decorated with flowers, rockwork, butterflies and insects, within a continuous band of butterflies and floral spray, 35cm diameter.
£500-800
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE PLATES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated to the centre with five crustaceans among frothing waves, the rim with a band of flower heads among diapers with four panels each enclosing a crustacean, 22.5cm diameter. (2)
£500-800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE FOLIATE RIM DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Decorated with a roundel enclosing a pair of birds on a flowering prunus branch, within a band of flowers on a stipple green ground, 21.5cm diameter. (2)
£800-1,200
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A SET OF SIX FAMILLE VERTE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with a roundel enclosing a bird on a prunus branch beside a rock, enclosed within a border of flower heads with four floral panels, 20.5cm diameter. (6)
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated around the body with a figurative scene, the shoulders with a diaper band with panels of Buddhist emblems, a further diaper and ruyi head band to the neck, 45cm H.
£8,000-12,000
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