the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics Thursday 6 November 2014

International Chinese ceramics and works of art team

Colin Sheaf Dessa Goddard Asaph Hyman

Asia and Australia

Xibo Wang Gigi Yu John Chong Shaune Kong Susie Quek Yvett Klein Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Beijing Singapore Sydney europe

Olivia Hamilton Sing Yan Choy James Hammond Rachel Hyman Rosangela Assennato Ben Law Smith Ian Glennie Asha Edwards London, London, London, London, London, London, Edinburgh Edinburgh New Bond Street New Bond Street Knightsbridge Knightsbridge Knightsbridge Knightsbridge

USA

Bruce MacLaren Nicholas Rice Edward Wilkinson* Mark Rasmussen* New York New York New York New York

Henry Kleinhenz Daniel Herskee Andrew Lick Ling Shang Tiffany Chao San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Los Angeles

Asia representatives

Hongyu Yu Summer Fang Bernadette Rankine Akiko Tsuchida Beijing Taipei Singapore Tokyo * Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics Thursday 6 November 2014 at 10am 101 New Bond Street, London

Lots 1 - 153

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Roy Davids is a most unusual collector; a bibliophile who Roy’s tastes tended more towards the English tradition of extended his scholarly training into a very different field. ‘country-house’ Kangxi. Hence his collection is strong in He was driven to assemble a striking and representative richly-enamelled famille verte and striking blue and white. This collection, over a relatively short period of time, by a newly- is in many ways the epitome of traditional English taste; the discovered fascination with the colours, varieties and forms of jars, vases, dishes, pieces de forme assembled expensively Ming and Qing ceramics, as Dominic Jellinek has explained. in the late 17th and early 18th century from the elegant But Roy’s ‘passion for pots’ developed in a way unique in my Restoration-period boutiques run by ‘Chinamen’ in the City experience among collectors. He began to take a greater and and also the West End’s newly-constructed luxury quarter, greater interest, not merely in more unusual historical aspects Jermyn Street. Roy appreciated these handsome ceramics of collecting Chinese ceramics, but above all in the historic not just for their visual quality, but as a student of taste and a collectors themselves; those predecessors who had enjoyed lover of literature. He understood why James McNeil Whistler Chinese pots, and as collectors had left a tiny footprint on the wanted to fill the shelves of his elegantly aesthetic studio subject; a personal collection label, a loan to an exhibition, with old Chinese porcelain made 150 years earlier, while he a ‘mention in dispatches’ in the Transactions of the Oriental painted from the riverside balcony his exuberant scenes of Ceramic Society. Onto these mostly-forgotten pioneers Roy fireworks bursting over Battersea Bridge, and entrancing latched with a bibliophile’s passion and professional skills. In images of ‘The Lady from the land of Porcelain’ surrounded some ways his greatest contribution to the study of Chinese by Kangxi blue and white. A ‘sapphire-blue’ Kangxi bowl ceramics is not his excellent and representative collection, but decorated with dragons was not just a fine piece, but recalled the ‘magnum opus’ with which he and his co-author Dominic the shadowy late Victorian image of the imaginary Dorian Jellinek will always be identified: the researching, collating Gray, entranced by such porcelain and filling it with brashly- and publishing of over 1000 brief biographies of vanished and contrasting orange-gold chrysanthemum blooms. more recent collectors of Chinese ceramics principally in the UK. ‘Provenance’ is a book which will still be dipped into, for Roy is an immensely well-read collector, whose tastes pleasure and edification, when most private collections will be have evolved over the years and touched on a number of no more that a dusty auction catalogue. art and literary categories. The dispersal of his Chinese porcelain collection at Bonhams marks the end of one Roy’s collection clearly reflects his personal tastes, as well satisfying venture replete with making new friends among the as his wish to assemble a wide-ranging representative group specialists, fiercely negotiating new acquisitions, and intensely of ceramics essentially since the 16th century. Roy was very researching these earlier collectors and academics whose attracted to the wares glazed in the unusual and very volatile names (and reputations) are still current. His own mark on yellow flux. In this, the second Lord Cunliffe (1899 – 1963) was the subject is represented not just by this auction catalogue, his great predecessor; the enthusiastic Lord had set out to a summation of his collecting, but by the publication of create a dinner service of Ming Imperial yellow saucer dishes, ‘Provenance’, the closest that any contained within its 400 and reached some 17 before the price began to exceed £5 pages will ever come to achieving immortality! each and the fun of the chase wore off. The last few remaining from this initiative were included in The Cunliffe Collection sale Colin Sheaf Chairman, United Kingdom and Asia in our New Bond Street rooms on 11 November 2002. London, August 2014 Roy Davids 中國瓷器收藏

Roy Davids是一位最為與眾不同的收藏家；這位藏書家讓自己 所受過的學術教育在另一個迥然不同的領域裡熠熠生輝。據 Dominic Jellinek解釋，出於對明清瓷器色彩、種類和形制陡然 而發的興致，他在相對短暫的時間內形成了一套令人驚訝且極 具代表性的收藏系列。但是，根據我對收藏家的理解，Roy「對 瓷器的激情」獨具一格。他與日俱增的興趣並不限於收藏中國 瓷器所涉及的歷史層面，更涉及歷史上的收藏家們本身；這些 前輩對中國瓷器也是青睞有加，並作為收藏者在這一領域留下 了些許足跡；這包括個人收藏標籤、借展、以及東方陶瓷學會期 刊中的報導。對於這些早被遺忘的，Roy付出了藏書家的激情 以及專業技能。在某些方面來看，他對於中國瓷器研究最突出 的貢獻並非他名下精彩卓絕且代表性的收藏，而是他和合著者 Dominic Jellinek藉以奠定地位的「鴻篇巨著」：對英國一千多名 已被遺忘，以及為較為近代的中國陶瓷收藏家的傳略進行研究、 整理及發表。當大多數私人藏品僅以塵封的拍賣目錄中的一行 文字所表達時，《起源》一書無論是作為消遣還是陶冶，亦甚值 得拜讀。

Roy的收藏清晰地體現了他的個人品味，還有他對匯集16世紀以 來各類具代表性瓷器種類的目標。與他的前輩一樣，Roy對於這 些閃耀著非同尋常黃色光輝的器具非常著迷。在這方面，第二任 坎利夫爵士(1899 – 1963)堪稱他的傑出前輩；這位滿懷熱情的 爵士決心打造一組明代御窯碟盤，他收集了大約17件藏品，但隨 著每件碟盤的價格超過5英鎊，這種追逐藏品的樂趣消失了。這 一收藏中剩餘的若干藏品於2002年11月10日在新邦德街舉行的 坎利夫收藏專場中拍賣。

Roy的品味傾向英國鄉村宅邸的傳統，偏好康熙瓷器。因此，他 的收藏多見釉色鮮豔的五彩瓶和青花瓷。從許多方面而言，這是 英國傳統品味的縮影；17世紀末至18世紀初復辟時期，人們於倫 敦市以及西城區新建的高尚區域傑明街花費巨資搜購各式瓷罐、 花瓶、碟盤以及日用瓷器。Roy對於這些精美瓷器的熱情不僅限 於其視覺上的美感，更出於對品味的追求以及對文學的熱愛。他 理解到James McNeil Whistler為什麼要在他美輪美奐的工作室 壁櫥裡展滿150多年前製作的古舊中國瓷器，而他本人則在能俯 瞰河景的陽臺上勾畫出絢麗的煙花在巴特西大橋上空綻放的動 人場景，以及在康熙青花瓷圍繞下「來自陶瓷之國的女士」的婉 約形象。那件康熙霽青地龍紋瓷碗不僅是精美的藝術品，對比鮮 明的鎏金菊花圖案更令人回憶起虛構人物道林·格雷那朦朧的維 多利亞晚期形象。

Roy是一位博聞強記的收藏家，他的品味多年來不斷變化，並且 涉足多個藝術和文學門類。此次委託本行拍賣其收藏，意味著一 份令人賞心悅目的事業旅程迎來終結，在此期間他結識了眾多專 家，為了購買新藏品進行激烈的討價還價，並對那些名聲依然如 雷貫耳的早期藏家和學者進行了大量的研究。他在這一領域的 辛勤勞作不僅在這份拍賣目錄中得到了體現，為他的收藏活動進 行了總結，同時400頁篇幅的《起源》出版，使之比我們任何人 更接近永恆！

施福(Colin Sheaf) 英國及亞洲區主席 2014年8月寫於倫敦 ROY DAVIDS Dominic Jellinek

I first became involved with Roy Davids and his collecting that I owned the Bluett Archive and a project was formulated Chinese ceramics in 2001, through a mutual friend, Professor that became the book Provenance. The Sunday meetings Desmond Laurence. Roy had met Dr Laurence some time became an exchange of documents and ideas, and later of earlier through a mutual acquaintance, for whom Roy was proofs of the book. The happy combination of Roy’s abilities able to sort out an awkward legal situation. It happened that as a writer and researcher, and the mass of unpublished Dr Laurence had some correspondence between himself material in my possession allowed ‘Provenance’ to expand and Osbert Sitwell and Roy, wearing his manuscript dealer’s into a considerable publication. hat, suggested that he might be able to sell the letters to an American institution for the price of a Chinese pot. This led Shortly before Roy embarked upon his Chinese Collection he to Roy visiting Dr Laurence at his north London home, where had built a single-storey extension at the back of his home, his extensive collection of Chinese ceramics was displayed which became the ‘Chinese Room’. Several fine pieces of arts throughout the dining and drawing rooms. Grouped atop a and crafts furniture were installed, along with two sofas and display cabinet was a group of Imperial yellow and yellow- professional lighting. Gradually the porcelain filled the room, to ground ceramics, which caught Roy’s eye. I was called in to make a remarkable show. The Chinese Room was preceded establish a fair price, and a deal was done. The pots were by a small library, and with Roy’s characteristic showmanship packed up and placed in the boot of Roy’s car. As I happened a visitor to the Collection would be guided through the house to live along the route to Roy’s Oxfordshire home he offered to this ante-room, and the double doors would be flung open me a lift, and a friendship began. to reveal a show of Chinese opulence. Knowledgeable visitors were welcomed, and I was often asked to join the ‘tour’. A Roy is a consummate collector, arts and crafts furniture few of these occasions are particularly memorable. When and works of art, literary manuscripts and portraits and, Richard Marchant came to see the Collection (much of which more recently, European sculpture. Chinese ceramics were had come from his gallery) Roy and I took him to lunch at the collected with enthusiasm and growing knowledge. Roy built local culinary treasure, the Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. One up a fine library on the subject and he was guided by the summer’s day Roger and Miranda Keverne came down, and leading dealers. Robert McPherson, Roger Keverne and the were taken to lunch at the local market town, Thame. Over Marchants were of great importance in the formation of this a protracted meal Roger entertained us with his sometimes collection. Through Richard Marchant Roy met Giuseppe scurrilous stories of his dealing life. This was also the Eskenazi, and was later to buy from him a superb famille occasion for a session of haggling. Roger had brought with rose jar and cover. Richard and Stuart Marchant became him a Shunzhi period wucai jar decorated with red-headed good friends, and many of Roy’s best pieces came from that boys washing an elephant. The jar was unwrapped in Roy’s firm. Roy enjoyed the pursuit of an object and haggling over Chinese Room and was much admired. Roy countered the price was very much part of the pleasure. A particularly Roger’s asking price with a substantially lower offer and the protracted game was played over the purchase from battle continued until it was time to leave for lunch, and the Marchant of the beautiful famille verte vase that was chosen jar was packed up and put in the back of Roger’s car. During to illustrate the dust jacket of our book Provenance. lunch this ‘bidding war’ continued in a fairly dilatory fashion, until eventually Roger gave up and the jar was transferred In the autumn of 2003 I moved house to Princes Risborough, from Roger’s car to Roy’s. at the edge of the Chiltern Hills, about ten miles from Roy’s home, and more or less along his route home from London. By 2012 Roy’s attention had shifted from Chinese ceramics From time to time Roy would telephone to tell me that he to European sculpture. The Chinese Room was so full there was on his way home with a new pot, which he wanted to was no longer much space for additions. Apart from a few discuss with me. Shortly afterwards he would arrive with a significant purchases made in New York from Ralph M. Chait bubble-wrapped bundle, and after examining and considering Galleries, this particular adventure was, for Roy, at an end. the piece we would head off for dinner at a local pub. This The sale will provide the chance for others to enjoy these developed into a regular meeting for Sunday dinner at The pieces, and the Catalogue will be a lasting record of the Peacock in the village of Henton. By this time Roy was aware Collection. ROY DAVIDS 作者：Dominic Jellinek

2001年通過共同的朋友Desmond Laurence教授，我第一次接 在開始收藏中國瓷器之前，Roy在屋後擴建了一幢單層的建築， 觸Roy Davids及其收藏的中國瓷器。Roy早已於處理一宗法律 將之命名為「中國室」。室內陳設有數件精良的手工家俱，以及 事務的過程中，通過第三者而認識Laurence博士。恰好當時 兩張沙發和專業的照明系統。在接下來的日子中，瓷器逐漸充 Laurence博士藏有一些與英國作家奧斯伯特·西特韋爾之間的 盈房間，讓這裡成為一個不平常的展室。「中國室」前面是一間 往來信件，於是具有手稿經銷商身分的Roy建議說，可以將這些 小型藏書室。在Roy的引導之下，訪客穿過房屋來到這一前廳， 信件出售給一家美國機構以換取一件中國瓷器。為此，Roy特意 然後兩扇門會豁然打開，出現在客人眼前的是一場中國藝術盛 造訪了Laurence博士位於倫敦北部的家，發現他家中餐廳和會 宴。博聞廣識的學者常常是這裡的座上賓，而我也經常受邀加 客廳內到處擺放著大量中國瓷器藏品。其中，陳列櫃上分類擺 入，其間我經歷了幾個特別難忘的場合：Richard Marchant曾 放的一組御製黃釉瓷器牢牢吸引了Roy的目光。我被邀請與對方 來看過這些藏品（其中有很多購自他的展廊），當時我和Roy 協商了一個合適的價格，於是達成了此宗買賣，瓷器打包好後放 帶他去了當地一家頂級餐廳——Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons 進了Roy的汽車行李箱中。Roy的家位於牛津郡，而我住的地方 共用午餐；Roger和Miranda Keverne曾於一個夏日到訪，我們 正好順路，所以他提出帶我一程，就這樣，我們的友誼開始了。 帶他們去當地的市鎮Thame共用午餐；在一次耗時較長的午餐 期間，Roger給我們講了他作為古董商的一生，不過有時用語比 Roy是一位狂熱的收藏家，他收藏各類手工家俱、藝術作品、 較粗魯直白。這次，我們還經歷了一番討價還價的過程：Roger 文學手稿和肖像畫，最近又開始收藏西洋雕塑。Roy收藏中 帶來了一隻順治五彩罐，罐身的飾有一群為大象清潔的紅髮男 國瓷器是出於自身狂熱的愛好和對瓷器與日俱增的瞭解， 孩。在Roy的「中國室」中，待這只五彩罐褪去包裝後，大家皆 他還建立了一個有關瓷器的藏書室，並得到一流古董商的指 為之嘖嘖稱奇。Roger開價後，Roy提出一個很低的價格，經過 引。在這批藏品的形成過程中，Robert McPherson、Roger 一場你來我往的激烈纏鬥，直至午餐的時間到了，這場戰鬥也 Keverne和Marchants皆起著至關重要的作用。通過Richard 未停歇。出去用餐時，Roger將這只五彩罐包裝好，放在汽車後 Marchant，Roy結識了Guiseppe Eskenazi，隨後從其手中購得 部。午餐時，這場「價格戰」繼續以相當拖遝的方式進行，最終 一隻漂亮的粉彩蓋罐。與Richard和Stuart Marchant成為好朋 Roger讓步，五彩罐從Roger的車中來到了Roy手中。 友之後，Roy又從Marchants古董店淘來了很多上等瓷器。Roy很 享受尋購精品瓷器的過程，而與古董商的討價還價對他是其中 到2012年，Roy將注意力從中國瓷器轉向了西洋雕塑。這時，「 很大的樂趣。這批藏品中有一隻精緻的五彩瓶，是從Marchant 中國室」已放滿收藏品，完全沒有多餘的空間再容納新的收藏 古董店購得的，其得來頗費周折，這只五彩瓶後被選為我們《起 品。除了從紐約的Ralph M. Chai Galleries畫廊幾次購買重要的 源》一書的封面插畫。 藏品外，這一特殊經歷對於Roy而言已告結束。此次拍賣將為其 他喜受這些藏品的人士提供機會，而藏品目錄將是這批藏品的 2003年秋，我搬至切爾頓山邊緣地帶的里斯伯勒王子城，距離 永久記錄。 Roy的家約10英里，差不多是他從倫敦返家的必經之路。自此 之後，Roy時常會打電話告訴我他在回家的路上，他又得了一件 新的瓷器，想與我討論云云。打完電話後，他很快就會帶著一件 氣泡紙包裹的物品來到我家，對瓷器作一番檢視和考量後，我 們會去當地的酒館吃晚飯。這種情況後來發展成了我和Roy的 週日定期聚會，我們在亨頓村的Peacock酒館一起共用晚餐。 彼時，Roy瞭解到我擁有Bluett檔案館，爾後共同確定了一個專 案——即後來的《起源》一書。我們的週日聚會成了我們交換 文獻和想法的機會、後來又交換《起源》校樣的日子。可喜的 是，Roy同時具備寫作和研究才能，而我則擁有大量未經發表的 材料，種種因素促成了《起源》這本書的誕生。 Export v Domestic Roy Davids

Purely ‘Export Porcelain’ supplied to the West is, in large 1894. That the Dutch are known to have asked specifically for part, as the term is widely used, relatively easily defined: it such pieces demonstrates that they were not the norm of the has its own category and nomenclature; its history is known Export trade. As in other ways, the Transitional period appears and largely written; and its sources are pretty clear. General, to have been something of an exception, for not only was the mostly low-quality, tableware (crockery) was transported by the quality of general production raised at that time, presumably thousands of pieces and by the shipload most years from the because Imperial potters were more available to the literati seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. In earlier days it was because of the closure of the Imperial kilns, but, as Volker mostly supplied by the VOC and the various European East noted, as though it was an aberration from the norm: ‘One of Indian companies. When better-quality goods were required in the characteristics of the transition ware is that to the purely the West, including Armorial and crested porcelain and goods Chinese decoration is added a tulip-like, un-Chinese, ornament with Western designs and in Western taste, it was largely appearing on the necks of flasks and jugs on the bodies of supplied by Private Traders employing supercargoes. No dishes … so we find transitional and carrack [Kraak] ware doubt pieces made for the Chinese domestic market, low level, overlap …’ In his recent article in Arts of Asia about Transitional average and above average (to adopt Mudge’s necessarily wares, Colin Sheaf reinforces the ‘uniqueness’ of the loose categories), found their way into the slipstreams already Transitional period, both in terms of its quality and innovation, mentioned, what has been called the ‘China Trade’. Doubtless, made at a time of Imperial weakness, to satisfy the needs and also, some fine, even exceptional, even a few Imperial high- tastes of the emergent late Ming ‘scholar/professional man’ – quality wares also came early on by the same routes. Certainly soldiers, merchants and officials. The fact that some pieces of Queen Mary II had some very fine pieces in her Porcelain Kraak ware have been found in Beijing could indicate no more Room, for instance, though they do not seem to have been than a packing case was wrongly directed and not returned, or accorded special status in such collections as far as we can that the Dutch gave them as gifts, or that a Chinese antiquarian tell. It should be noted that David Howard himself expressed fancied their quirkiness and obtained some, though, of course, some caution about this: ‘To what extent the Private Trade new evidence may change this view. Tom Lurie reports having consisted of porcelain is not really clear, although as many as acquired a piece of Kraak porcelain incorporating a Chinese five of the supercargoes in 1722 are known to have ordered inscription. Roy Davids owns a large blue and white bowl with armorial dinner services for their families and probably obtained typical Transitional Chinese decoration of the exterior and a number of others for acquaintances’. Howard made no typical Kraak decoration on the interior. suggestion that supercargoes brought back Chinese taste or non-Export wares. Much of the ‘merely fine’, and sometimes In truth, the finer/exceptional pieces of non-Imperially-marked better pieces are often loosely subsumed under the ‘Export Chinese domestic-market wares in the West loosely form a Porcelain’ heading. The seventeenth-century distinction category that dealers rather wistfully claim ‘must have been between ‘coarse’ and ‘fine’, largely undefined even then, is made for Chinese consumption’ and ‘can’t be Export’ – the not precise enough to do the job that is now needed, and was triumph, to some extent, of hope and instinct over certainty. probably fairly low, in any case, in terms of the quality it was There was no doubt a limited demand (since it was undeniably intended to encompass. expensive) for some really finer/exceptional Chinese domestic- market items in the West before the mid-nineteenth century, Nor should it really surprise us that the sophisticated among some of those found in English country houses (also European the Dutch, particular aficionados of blue and white wares, may princely collections, for instance, that of Augustus the Strong) have developed a taste for the finest of their kind (the blue and the French appreciation of monochrome crackle wares which white Transitional, some of it with decorative details included they liked to embellish with ormolu mounts, and the Dutch, with the Dutch in mind such as tulips on the necks of those particularly in their case, for Transitional blue and white. rolwagens with narrow necks and spreading mouths), without Doubtless, also, some Chinese dealers, always up for a trick, understanding the very Chinese narrative scenes depicted on may have ordered and supplied such goods to meet this the pots: this has after all been true in Britain and America as more/very sophisticated Western demand, or in hopes of well, though at a later date; indeed it is only just recently that encouraging it. Such items were still ‘domestic-market’ wares more interest in the content and meaning of the scenes has and, while ‘exported’, really cannot and need not be subsumed begun to be taken in the West, though Chester Holcombe into the category of ‘Export Porcelain’, especially after the mid- made a plea for it in his introduction to the Hearn catalogue in nineteenth century. Granted, therefore, in the grand scheme of things, the relatively 2. It is well known that palace officials in the limited seepage of the finer/exceptional non-Imperial Chinese Nei Wu Fu (the Imperial Household Department, itself domestic-market pieces, by the means allowed in the previous 1,600 strong under the Qing) and the eunuchs, the latter paragraphs, primarily the large trading Companies and the sometimes called ‘palace rats’, consistently stole pieces Private Traders, consideration can now be given to the very from the Palace and sold them in the markets in Peking substantial amounts of such finer/exceptional wares that and elsewhere, especially in the late nineteenth and early actually are or have been in the West. twentieth centuries. James Hevia dates these thefts by eunuchs to ‘by the 1890s, and perhaps earlier’. There were This group suffers from not really having a name; from its up to an estimated 100,000 eunuchs in the Imperial service sources being less visible (if visible at all); its history scattered under the late Ming Emperors; indeed they are blame for the and largely unrecorded; and its quantities somewhat, often downfall of that dynasty. This number was reduced to 3,000 entirely, speculative. Sir Michael Butler says that he has come in the Forbidden City in the time of the Dowager Empress Cixi, to regret the use of the category ‘High Transitional’; we go to 1,137 in 1911, and 1,000 in 1919. In 1923 when (under his no further than, for our own purposes, describing the group, Scottish tutor Reginald Johnston’s influence) the Emperor Pu Yi for clarity and precision’s sake herein (though somewhat ordered an inventory of the Palace Collection, the eunuchs, it cumbersomely) as ‘Finer/Exceptional Non-Imperially-Marked was probably rightly claimed though not proven, set fire on 27 Chinese Domestic-Market Wares’ (to differentiate them from June to Chien Fu Kung (‘the Palace of Established Happiness’ the more limited ‘Chinese taste’ pieces – a distinctive section [afterwards a tennis court]) to hide the extent of their peculation. within our group, and between both of those types and Imperial Johnston stated that 6,643 items were destroyed in the fire, porcelains). It is instructive to note the absence of this type of those saved 387. ‘The loss of irremediably damaged treasures porcelain in the recent publication from the Victoria and Albert included [it was estimated], 2,685 gold Buddhas; 1,157 Museum, ‘Chinese Export Ceramics’ by Rose Kerr, Luisa E. pictures, mainly Buddhistic; 1,675 Buddhist altar-ornaments Mengoni and Ming Wilson. of gold; 435 articles of porcelain, jade and bronze, including pieces of the Chou, T’ang, Sung and Yuan periods; thousands Many specific cases of how such Finer/Exceptional Non- of books; and 31 boxes containing sables and imperial robes. Imperially-Marked Domestic-Market Wares, as well as mark The Emperor himself wrote: ‘heaven only knows what they and period pieces themselves, came to the West are touched based these figures on’, but as he also recorded, a gold on in the introduction to ‘Provenance’ and may be found in merchant paid $500,000 for the right to dispose of the ashes the general run of biographies in that book. Perhaps the most and recovered 17,000 taels of gold from them (a tael is the fruitful contribution that can be made here is to bring together equivalent of 50 grams in the modern Republic of China). On these sources, opportunities and occasions in a general way, another occasion Johnston found that when he discovered and to observe that many other artefacts than porcelain would eunuchs operating a scam selling Imperial artefacts for cash, have travelled along the same routes. the eunuchs tried to implicate him by planting filched goods in his mansion. Johnston also wrote generally ‘of thefts of 1. The most celebrated and notorious events are the Palace treasures and the division of the spoils among high and looting of the Summer Palace in 1860 and the looting of low’ and was appalled that there was no inventory. Johnston the Forbidden City and the New Summer Palace in 1900. specifically states that the ‘practice was to sell the articles Through these events very considerable numbers of Imperial [from the palace treasure rooms] to a small and exclusive wares came to the West; this was not just the Imperially ring of dealers whose close and permanent relations with the marked ‘crockery’ of the palaces but the Imperial Collection Nei Wu Fu made it easier for both parties, who thoroughly itself, much of it dating back 1,600 years, as well as the vast understood one another, to conduct negotiations on mutually number of both contemporary and earlier artefacts added satisfactory terms. The prices actually paid were far in excess by the Qing Emperors. Apparently, also, when the Imperial of the amounts entered in the palace accounts, but far below family left the Summer Palace in 1860, the Chinese living in the the market value of the articles sold’. Pu Yi himself accused neighbourhood rushed to get ladders and began looting for the eunuchs of an ‘orgy of looting’ and reduced their number themselves but were stopped initially by the French who were to 200, and then to 50. In his autobiography Pu Yi stated: ‘The the first of the Allies to arrive. However, when the Allies began looters included everyone from the highest to the humblest; their own looting, the ‘Chinese from the surrounding villages anybody who had the chance to steal did so without the least crowded in and added their numbers to the voracious looters anxiety … Johnston told me that many new antique shops laden with bundles of spoil. Summer Palace loot was Exhibited had been opened in Ti An Men Street where he lived. Some at the International Exhibition held in London on 1862 and at of these shops were said to be run by eunuchs and others by the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Hill in 1865. officials of the Household Department or relations of theirs.’ Once on the market many of these goods, of course not just porcelain, could and indeed did find their way to the West. collection of it, of which he made presents to European and Even in 1924, after he had left the Palace, Pu Yi learned ‘that other visitors’, though this may be based only on hearsay. the [Household] Department had received 5,000,000 dollars During the early years of the Republic, high-level officials in that year from pawning gold, silver and antiques’. Stephen apparently treated the Imperial collections as a source of gifts Bushell adds a specific case: ‘Wine Pot …No other porcelain of eminent persons. The American painter Katherine Carl rivals this. The piece figured is from the collection of Huang, adds: ‘Every festival, every ceremony, and all anniversaries General of the Guards in Peking, who told me that he had are marked by presents, in the Palace. There is scarcely a bought it for 200 ingots of silver in paper notes … from one day that presents are not sent into the Palace, that some are of the chief eunuchs of the palace.’ An earlier chief eunuch, not sent out, and rarely a day when some presents are not Liu Jin, who fell from favour in 1510, had had an extensive exchanged by those ‘Inside’ ’. When Sarah Pike Conger, wife mansion, two and a half million taels in gold and silver, two of the American Minister to China 1898-1905, left China for suits of solid gold armour, twenty-five pounds of precious her husband’s new posting in Mexico, Cixi gave her a blood stones, 3,000 gold rings and brooches, 500 gold plates and jade that ‘had been worn by some one of China’s rulers for over 4,000 gem-studded belts. The Dowager Empress Cixi’s two thousand years, and the present Empress Dowager had chief eunuch, Li Lien Ying, left a fortune of five million pounds worn it during her reign, during the siege of 1900, in her flight, sterling at his death. Juan Chin-shou, the deputy chief eunuch during her stay hundreds of miles from her palace home, and of Pu Yi’s entourage, ‘was so rich he could wear a different during her return to her own Peking and Forbidden City, and it fur gown every day in the winter, and although these gowns protected her through all her dangers.’ Mrs Conger’s head boy, included a number of different sables he never wore the same Wang, exclaimed on seeing it: ‘That Blood Stone grand thing. one twice. The sea otter cloak that he wore on New Year’s No Chinaman, much money, can’t get like that.’ Mary Hooker, Day would have represented a lifetime’s expenditure for a petty wife of a member of the American Legation, Lieutenant Richard official’. One of the reasons why there are fakes in the Imperial Hooker of the Marine Corps, tells a wry tale about the Qing Collection is that eunuchs replaced genuine articles with them. statesman Li Hung Chang:

3. Gifts by Emperors to members of their family, [He] had secured a most advantageous treaty for his foreign ambassadors and dignitaries, employees and Empress… At the end of the interview the Empress made a those deserving of recognition. In 1891, on a special sign to him to indicate that he would receive a personal gift occasion, ’80 pieces of the finest quality, and 1,204 round for his services, which would be given to him in the anteroom. articles of the high class kind … 1,414, dishes, cups and Li Hung Chang had always been a great collector of Chinese vases’ were sent to Peking to be given away as gifts on the ceramics, and his collections were promptly sold by him to birthday of the Emperor Guangxu. Reginald Johnston notes, the highest bidder at Christie’s in London for many pounds more generally: ‘On the eve of each of the great festivals it was sterling. He was, in fact, notorious for his weakness, and customary [for the Emperor] to send presents of money, for it was well known that he would sell anything he owned, which we gave formal thanks (hsei En) at the audiences in the providing the amount offered was large enough … On leaving Palace of Cloudless Heaven. Other gifts, of porcelain, books, the audience-chamber, his eyes sparkled when a large pictures, jade and other things from the imperial collections, cloth-of-gold, containing some heavy article, was handed to were occasionally presented by the emperor in person, him by a eunuch. He flew to his own palace, hardly able to merely as tokens of goodwill … the arrival of gift-bearing wait for his secretary Mr Pethick, who is one of the greatest messengers from the palace often caused a commotion in connoisseurs on ancient Chinese art, to arrive and examine this the neighbourhood’. Doubtless some of these and similar gifts new acquisition, which had come straight from the Empress- were sold on and would have travelled West. John Ayers is of Dowager’s treasure store. Some time was spent in careful the opinion that the ‘peachbloom’ wares, perhaps the rarest examination to determine the dynasty during which the treasure and most outstanding produce of the Imperial kilns during was produced, but the date of this special paste was lost, with Kangxi’s reign, are likely to have been made as presents for its other technical classifications. After a long time, Mr Pethick members of the court, though Julian Thompson has pointed lifted it gingerly, placed it on a table, put himself in front of it, out that there are hundreds of them in the Imperial Collection drawing a wrap around his shoulders, and slowly, very slowly, in Taipei. Cosmo Monkhouse stated that, ‘Many, if not most, of held his hands up to it, turning them in the attitude of warming the pieces of this colour [peachbloom] which have left China them at a fire. Chinese needs few words. Li understood, and formerly belonged to the hereditary princes of Yi, who are was heart-broken. This was a clever reproduction made in descended from the emperor [Kangxi], and whose collections Paris, and the secretary warming his hands before it meant it have been broken up within recent years’. Monkhouse also was so fresh from the pottery furnace that he could still notice declares that graviata ware ‘was paid as a yearly tribute to the warmth. Naughty old Empress, fooling her most faithful of the Emperor at Peking, who consequently had a very large servitors! Presumably, Cixi had received the piece as a disregarded gift 6. The looting of princely collections by their own herself and had ‘passed it on’. Another well-known gift by the staff. Johnston suggests that few if any of the Manchu princes Empress Dowager was the Yongle blue and white grapevine (he excepts only one) ‘knew the extent of their own property or charger presented by her to Sir Robert Hart of the Imperial even where it was situated … The money required was always Marine Service, on his retirement, which was sold as lot 83 forthcoming, and the prince neither asked nor expected to be for $220,000 in the Morrill Sale at Doyle’s in New York, 16 told where it came from.’ September 2003. In their sale on 12 May 2011 Bonhams had (lot 397) a vase given to an English engineer who apparently 7. Chinese officials, princes, aristocrats, gentry, was with the convoy of 47 trains used by the Empress Cixi scholars and collectors selling their own art treasures, on her railway journey to the Shishan Ling Tombs (the Ming including early wares and the whole raft of non-Imperial tombs) in April 1903 for which he received a gold medal and ‘a but superb-quality pieces, as they increasingly became valuable [not Imperially marked] vase from the Palace at Jehol, impoverished and at times when the political situation where her royal porcelain was kept in store’. forced them to flee to safer areas including Hong Kong. Professor Sayce wrote of when he was in Peking in 1912: 4. The Regent for Pu Yi, his father Prince Chun, ‘the Chinese were very nervous and were selling off their old is known to have presided over events too expensive to treasures for nominal sums’, and he ‘entered with relish into be met from the Government subsidy, and to have sold the game, buying a ‘wonderful harvest’ of porcelain and Sung treasures to pay bills and line pockets. These pieces would pictures’, “it is an opportunity”, he remarked, “which will never have gone to local dealers and via them much could also have recur”. Yamanaka openly sold part of Prince Kong’s treasures found its way to the West. Johnston also records that the at auction in America in 1913. Johnston wrote that the earlier Republican government clearly knew that works of art from ‘revolution hastened the impoverishment of the Manchu the Palace were sold to make good the ever-increasing deficits princes, and some of them, when I came to know them in in the Imperial accounts, partly because of the government’s 1919, had long ceased to be rich men … and lived partly on the failure to fulfil its obligations in the matter of the annual subsidy proceeds of the secret sale of the treasures of art bestowed to Pu Yi payable under the abdication agreement. In The New upon them or their ancestors by the court. Consideration of York Times for 2 December 1912 there was a report suggesting ‘face’ made it impossible for them to hold public auctions of that the whole of the Imperial Collections which included their treasures. The prices they obtained were in most cases ‘the finest specimens of every form of Chinese porcelain and ridiculously low… Of another prince … Once one of the ceramics’ were to be sold in London. wealthiest men in China,’ he says, ‘is now poor … He lives in Tientsin … and when [he] is in need of money, he sends word 5. Pu Yi himself, with his brother Pujie (d.1994), as to his steward to raise the required amount by selling some of Reginald Johnston records and the Emperor also in his the jade, porcelain, jewellery, pictures or other valuables (mostly autobiography, systematically removed [thousands of] gifts from the imperial collections) which still remain in his k’u – valuables (thought largely, but by no means only, to have the family treasury…’ The stewards invariably sold as much as been books and calligraphy) concealed in their clothes they chose and sent as little money to the prince as possible, over a significant period of time and C.P. Fitzgerald states thereby necessitating further raids on the family’s possessions. that ‘Sir Reginald… acted for Pu Yi as an intermediary in Rich refugees fled south with their possessions at the time of conveying from the Palace to the Hong Kong Bank (British) the Communist takeover in China in 1949. the most rare and priceless pieces of Sung porcelain in the imperial collection. These were later sold to meet the 8. Western officials collecting while in China and financial needs of the imperial family and some, if not all, are taking their prizes (looted and purchased) back home. One now in the Percival David collection in London. William J. of the most outrageous culprits of this kind was the American Oudendyk KCMG, Netherlands Minister in China, recorded that diplomat Henry Goldsmith Squiers (1859-1911), who left Peking Pu Chieh came to him on 23 February 1923 ‘bringing in his car in 1901 ‘with what was reported to be several railway cars filled a great number of big and small attaché cases which, he said, with Chinese art’. Among others were Hippisley, Hirth, Alcock, contained part of the Emperor’s private fortune … A few days Johnston, Wright-Bruce, Labouchere and Mitford. afterwards one of his uncles, Prince Tsai T’ao, called on me. He thanked me warmly for my willingness to help the Emperor The establishment of treaty ports (agreed in the 1842 Treaty … He took all the attaché-cases with the Emperor’s fortune of Nanjing at the end of the First Opium War, 1840-1842) in them away with him. I afterwards heard that they were created new opportunities for British collectors in China itself. fortunately not taken back to the Forbidden City, and that they After 1843 there was a change in the British presence in were thus saved from confiscation.’ China, which up to that point had consisted of temporary and mobile populations of traders and sailors involved in the trade at Canton. On gaining permanent residence at the five treaty 11. Westerners in China acting (many of the ports, the British population in China grew in size and became doubtless part-time) in parallel with more official functions: more diverse, to include consular staff (officials/collectors in Arbuthnot, Bedford, Collins, Boode, Bowman, Runge, the Chinese Customs Service like Hippisley and Hirth) and Lowder and others. The Richard Bennett and G.R.Davies a permanent military presence, in addition to traders and collections, to name only two, were ‘formed entirely of pieces increased missionary activity… The British residents in China intended for home use in China and imported in great part represented a new group of collectors, with access to a wider direct from that country’, some of the pieces, for Davies for range of objects than previously… Treaty ports provided a base instance, supplied by E.O.Arbuthnot in Shanghai; Andrew for collecting directly in China rather then through the China Burman also supplied Davies and Gulland. trade or the circulation of previously exported goods within Europe. 12. Local dealers, mostly indigenous, in Hong Kong, particularly from the 1950s, selling to Westerners. From this Examples of these new collectors were Robert Fortune, John territory a great deal of illicit trade originating on the mainland Henry Gray and Stephen Bushell. was conducted in the early Communist era in China.

9. Numerous Western collectors (some 30 of them 13. Unknown quantities looted and carried home by at least), like Reeves, Freer, Bahr, Sir Percival David, Veith, the Japanese when, at various times, they invaded and N.S.Brown, Gulland, Crofts, Crozier, Garratt, Hoover, occupied parts of China. Japan became, and is, a rich vein Schoenlicht and Liddell, buying personally in China or for Western dealers, auction houses and collectors. through agents there. The American William Pethick (d. 1901), secretary and diplomatic adviser to Li Hung Chang, the Qing 14. The activities of international auction houses, statesman and a great collector of porcelain, is credited with operating latterly in Hong Kong, doubtless tacitly forming much of the collections of Squiers and Charles Dana. encouraged the flow of goods from mainland China and The biography of Robert Fortune in ‘Provenance’ will reward other areas and countries in the East, drawing out Chinese reading on this subject. domestic-market wares for the local Hong Kong and international markets. 10. Western dealers buying directly in China, either on personal visits or through representatives sent by 15. Auction sales in the West by Oriental dealers and them, or through agents who had established themselves residents. On 7-8 February 1907, for instance, S.Koopman in the East, including in the Peking antique markets, Hong (his name written in handwriting in the catalogue) consigned Kong, Shanghai, and the Western territories, and factories, Chinese porcelains to Christie’s in London, described as ‘the and doubtless the Legations as well. property of a Gentleman and were formerly in the Collection of His Excellency Chen-Kwang-Foo, late Viceroy of Nanking’, lots In addition, foreign art dealers began to appear in Beijing 78-129, blue and white and enamelled wares. On 3 February and the major treaty ports, and they seem to have consulted 1921, Christie’s in London had 135 lots of porcelain for sale ‘by with the experts in the legations. As they bought up valuable Order of the Judge of His Majesty’s Provincial Court Hankow’. collections, newly classified objects found their way into European and US markets. The volume of this traffic seems to 16. Fine Chinese pieces from other countries – have been so great that on her seventh visit to China in 1899, Persia, India, Africa and Egypt – partly the result of earlier Eliza Scidmore declared that travellers could forget about indigenous ‘better taste’ than in the West, and including finding valuable curios in Chinese markets; the best things were former Imperial gifts, brought back by British Imperial on sale in London, Paris, Dresden, Berlin, Weimar, New York officers, officials and their families, for instance, Mrs and Baltimore, not Beijing. Halsey, Sayce, Sir John Home and Berkeley Smith.

Yamanaka had his own estate in Peking and made regular 17. Pieces supplied to Western dealers by soldiers buying trips and George Eumorfopoulos made it clear that and sailors returning from the East: to Gump, for instance, Yamanaka was responsible for much of the quality of his particularly after 1860 and 1900. The Opium Wars, though huge collection. Some dealers like Loo, E.T.Chow, Tonying regular trade with China was suspended during their course, and T.Y.King had special lines into sources of high quality and eventually created new channels for the armed forces for Imperial wares, long after such sources were closed to others. collecting in China itself. Private collectors would have benefited Sparks also went personally. directly or indirectly from military spoils, as, to cite the most advantageous example, Alfred Morrison did from Captain Henry Loch’s in 1861. 18. The removal of the treasures in the Forbidden The Imperial porcelain is all made in the interior some distance City in 19,557 boxes, which Johnston had heard were from Kiukiang. I wished to purchase some, as it is not to be conservatively valued at £10 million, in 1933, as Peking found in Peking, but the pieces in the shops here are rejected was threatened by the Japanese, to various locations in ones – those having slight blemishes. What I knew to be good China, doubtless led to pieces ‘falling by the wayside’, and what I wanted, was difficult to find. despite Chinese claims to the contrary. Johnston hoped that ‘they will not be dispersed or find their way to foreign 21. Circulation of goods within Europe to Britain and countries, that some of them, at least, will never again be seen America, particularly from Holland and France at various in China is a painful probability’. In 1948 and 1949, 17,934 times. pieces of porcelain, 5,760 works of painting and calligraphy, 3,894 jades and 2,382 bronzes were transported to Taiwan and What all this demonstrates is that there were many routes, remain there to this day. opportunities and occasions for the Finer/Exceptional Non- Imperially-Marked Chinese Domestic-Market Wares, as well 19. Such finer/exceptional domestic-wares as were as Imperial porcelains themselves, marked and unmarked, to brought back by the trading companies, the Private get onto the market in China itself and for them to percolate Traders, supercargoes and the like, outlined above. through to the West, or come in great accumulations at certain times, and that there were numerous direct routes from China 20. Legitimate sales of Imperial ‘seconds’ or what to the West as well. Perhaps it is less surprising, therefore, that were called ‘unselected porcelain pieces of lesser quality’, so many of these, as well as the Imperial pieces, have found perhaps as many as 60-70,000 pieces a year. Peter Lam their way into Western collections, both private and institutional. states: The estimated one and a half million artefacts in 2,000 Western museums (by no means the greatest number necessarily As to the disposal of the rejected, misfired pieces and lesser being ceramics, of course), that the Chinese government now quality items, in the early Qing, following the practice under wants to catalogue, relates only to pieces, mostly Imperial, the late Ming period, they were not destroyed or smashed, but from the Summer Palace. With all the routes, opportunities and were kept at the Factory depot in Jingdezhen. It was only after occasions for items to flow or flood from East to West that have Tang Ying assumed duty as resident Manager in Jingdezhen in been identified herein, the total amount of what we have called the 6th year of Yongzheng (1728) that these rejects were sent ‘Finer/Exceptional Non-Imperially-Marked Domestic-Market to Beijing together with the good pieces, so that they could be Wares’ and works of art in the West must have been and still is sold in the Capital or to be given away as bestowal gifts by the immense, particularly in museums. Such pieces having been emperor. Then in 1742, the Qianlong Emperor issued an edict ‘exported’ does not make them ‘Export’. to Tang Ying ordering him to sell the rejects locally instead of taking the trouble of sending them to Beijing. Since then this The term ‘Chinese Taste’ is so well established and understood had been the general rule, except for pieces of imperial yellow as applying to a particular style of porcelains that it would colour which were reserved exclusively for the use of the not be helpful to dilute or hijack it for the present purposes. imperial household. This practice became a tradition since and Perhaps the phrase ‘Select Domestic-Market Porcelain’ will had been closely observed till the end of the Qing regime. recommend itself for what has been described above as ‘Finer/ Exceptional Non-Imperially-Marked Chinese Domestic-Market He adds, in answer to those thinking the figure is a mistake for Wares’. 6,000-7,000:

In the early years of the … Qianlong reign, the emperor made several severe complaints on the high percentage of misfired pieces, in one or two occasions he even didn’t allow Tang Ying to write off those rejects. This might explain the extremely high quality control measures and selection process in the Yongzheng reign, and hence the big reject rate. Sarah Pike Conger, wife of the American Minister to China 1898-1905, adds a footnote of interest: 外銷與內銷 Roy Davids

於一定程度而言，「外銷瓷」此一廣泛引用之名詞確實甚為容易 實際上，一些不帶年款、更為精緻/非同一般的中國內銷瓷被西 界定：此類瓷器擁有自己的類別和命名方法；其歷史起源均為大 方世界簡單地歸納於此一類別：古董商更希望將之歸入「肯定是 眾所知，且有據可查。從十七世紀至十九世紀期間，成千上萬件 作為國內消費品而燒製」及「不可能是外銷瓷」的類別—在某種 瓷具（餐用器皿）被一船一船地運輸出口，其中多半品質參次。 程度上，這是希望和直覺所影響下的判斷。毫無疑問的是，在十 早年外銷瓷均是由荷蘭以及歐洲其他國家之東印度公司負責運 九世紀中期之前，西方世界對於較精緻的中國內銷瓷的需求仍非 送。但當西方國家追求更高品質的瓷器（包括紋章瓷及帶有西洋 常有限（因為這些瓷器十分昂貴，這是不爭的事實），但部份確 圖案及品味的瓷器）時，成品則多以私營貿易商雇用押運員運 可見於英國的鄉村宅邸以及奧古斯都二世等歐洲王室收藏；而 送。 法國人所鍾情、並多配以鍍金物裝飾之單色釉碎花瓷，以及荷蘭 人追崇的明末清初青花瓷亦同屬此列 當時甚至有部份中國內銷瓷器，包括各檔次的製成品均隨著此 。毋庸置疑，一些妙計多端的中國古董商亦可能曾訂購及供應此 浪潮，即所謂「中國貿易」流出海外。另一點毋庸置疑的是，部 類瓷器，以滿足西方國家對精緻瓷器的需求，或希望能刺激此一 份品質較精良的瓷器，以及少數官窯瓷器亦通過同樣路線流傳 需求。此類瓷器於當時仍屬「內銷」瓷，雖已「出口」海外，但亦 至西方。譬如說，瑪麗二世的瓷器室內就藏有一些精品瓷器，儘 實無需將之歸入「外銷瓷」的範疇之中。 管這類瓷器似乎並未佔據任何特殊地位。為此David Howard曾 警告：「通過私營貿易交易的瓷器數量難以估計，儘管我們知道 誠然，這些數量有限、不帶年款、較精緻的中國內銷瓷是通過上 1722年有多達五名押運員被委託前赴中國訂購紋章瓷具，並很 述渠道，透過大型貿易公司及中介商販逐漸流入西方的，此亦解 有可能為其他相熟人士訂購了其他大量瓷器。」然而Howard並 釋現今西方世界為何仍存有大量此類瓷器。 未對押運員曾否搜購富中國品味的瓷器或是非外銷瓷器發表任 何意見。事實上不少品質較佳的瓷器亦經常被約略劃歸為「外銷 此類瓷器苦於沒有真正的名稱，來源也較為隱蔽，其歷史較為 瓷」；而於十七世紀期間，瓷器製品多較粗疏，成品優劣分別不 零亂且大部分均無記錄；同時其數量須靠推測。Michael Butler 大，即使以現今角度衡量亦頗難單以品質區分。 爵士表示，他對使用「明末清初轉變期瓷器(High Transitional) 」來命名該類別感到後悔。在本文中描述此一類別時，為免疑 難怪一些久經世故的荷蘭人，尤其是青花瓷的追捧者，逐漸形 義和準確起見，我們將以「不帶年款、較精緻並非同一般的中 成對上品青花瓷（明末清初所產之青花瓷。此時期部分青花瓷 國內銷瓷」稱之（儘管有些累贅，但目的是將之與我們所分類的 帶有象徵荷蘭的各種紋飾，如撇口細頸瓶瓶頸處的鬱金香等） 瓷器中小部分「中國品味」瓷器，以及御用瓷器區分）。值得注 的追崇，仲使他們對瓷器上的描繪、極富中國風格的敘事畫一 意的是，維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館近期的出版物—由Rose 無所知，期後此現象亦在英美兩國出現。儘管何天爵 (Chester Kerr、Luisa E. Mengoni及Ming Wilson合著的《中國外銷瓷》一 Holcombe) 早在1894年在Hearn圖錄所寫的導讀文章中曾呼籲 書中未並提及此類瓷器，這對於我們來說是很好的啟示。 外界須對此方面多加關注，但直至近年，西方國家才開始對這些 描繪的內容和意義產生更大的興趣。然而，正因為荷蘭人對此類 關於這些不帶年款、較精緻並非同一般的中國內銷瓷，以及帶年 瓷器提出特定要求，更顯得這些特點並非製造出口瓷器的標準。 款的瓷器本身如何漂洋過海抵達西方；《起源》一書的緒論中提 在其他方面，明末清初此一時期亦顯特別：官窯息微令文人墨客 及了多個具體個案，該書的傳記中也可能提供相關資料。本篇文 更容易雇用御用瓷匠，令此時期民窯瓷器的品質普遍得到提高， 章最大貢獻也許是將這些來源、機遇和場合大體集中到一起，以 但這並非唯一特殊之處。正如Volker所述，明末清初就像是一個 提醒讀者：除瓷器之外，很多其他工藝品或許亦通過這一相同路 離經叛道的時期：「明末清初瓷器的特點之一就是純中式的裝飾 線抵達西方。 中出現了如鬱金香此一非中國元素，這些圖案往往出現在瓶罐頸 部和盤碟之上等等……所以我們會發現同時兼具明末清初及克 拉克瓷特徵的瓷器……」 施福(Colin Sheaf)近期在《亞洲藝術》 雜誌中發表一篇文章，文中從品質及創新兩方面強調了明末清 初時期的「獨特性」。在這樣一個皇權更迭的過渡期中，提高品 質、推陳出新是為迎合明代晚期出現的「文人及專業人士」，如 士兵、商人和官員的需求及品味。北京發現數件克拉克瓷可能僅 表明這批瓷器運錯了地方且未予退回，或這批瓷器是被荷蘭人作 為禮物饋贈，亦有可能因中國古物研究者喜愛其古怪離奇而收藏 自娛等等；不過，隨著新證據的出現，這一觀點亦可能改變。Tom Lurie稱曾得到一件描有中文字的克拉克瓷器；Roy Davids亦擁 有一隻較大的青花瓷碗，外部帶有明末清初典型的紋飾，而內部 則飾有典型的克拉克式裝飾。 1. 1860年火燒圓明園及1900年庚子拳亂期間八國聯軍 3. 皇帝賞賜予皇室家眷、外國使臣及朝中大臣、僕役的物 洗劫紫禁城及頤和園是中國近代史上最惡名昭彰的兩件事件， 品。1891年，適逢光緒壽辰，共有80件工藝精品及約1204件高 結果致使大量官窯瓷器流入西方。這些瓷器中不僅僅有帶年款 檔物品……1414件杯碟花瓶被送至京城，作為禮物派發。莊士 的瓷器，還有宮廷本身的藏品，其中很多可追溯至1600年前，以 敦曾較為籠統地表示：「在每個重大節慶的前夕，按照習俗[皇 及清朝皇帝添置的大量當代及早期工藝品。顯然，當皇室人員於 帝] 須賞賜錢財，受賞後我們則須要在乾清宮當眾謝恩。 皇帝 1860年逃離圓明園之時，居住在附近的中國人也曾紛紛前來翻 偶爾會親自御賜瓷器、書籍、字畫、玉石等皇宮珍藏寶物，這完 牆入室，開始洗劫，但是這一行為剛開始便被西方列強中最先抵 全是一種榮耀的象徵……皇宮派遣的攜帶禮物的使臣抵達後往 達這裡的法國人阻止。然而，當八國聯軍開始他們的掠奪後，周 往會引起周邊地區的騷動。」此類賞賜之物無疑會被轉賣出去， 邊的村民又蜂擁而至，加入劫掠者的行列，對圓明園進行肆意破 從而流入西方。康熙時期燒製的「豇豆紅」瓷器也許是御窯有 壞。由圓明園掠奪的文物則曾先後於1862年及1865年的倫敦世 史以來燒製的最為罕見和最為出類拔萃的瓷器，John Ayers認 博會及西登哈姆的水晶宮展出。 為這些瓷器很可能是皇帝給朝廷眾大臣的賞賜之物，儘管Julian Thompson曾指出這樣的瓷器在臺北國立故宮博物館有數百 2. 眾所周知，內務府（負責宮中日常大小事務之部門，在 件。Cosmo Monkhouse曾表示：「在從中國流失的這種豇豆紅 清朝該部門職官人數龐大，高峰時多達1600人）的大臣及太監 釉瓷器中，原先作為康熙的十三子的怡親王所有的瓷器數量即 經常從皇宮偷取宮廷藏品，後者有時更被戲稱為「皇宮盜賊」。 使不佔大多數，但數量亦不少，然近年這些珍藏之物已流散各 贓物大多於北京或其他地方出售，而於十九世紀末至二十世紀初 地。」Monkhouse也斷言稱樹莓瓷器是「作為每年朝貢之物而獻 此風更甚。James Hevia確定太監偷盜現象始於1890年代，但也 給京城皇帝的，隨著日子的推移，皇帝擁有的此類瓷器數目變得 可能更早。明末宮中侍奉皇帝的太監預計多達10萬人；事實上， 非常龐大，因此他將之作為禮物饋贈於歐洲等地區的來客」，不 他們才是令明朝衰亡的罪魁禍首；慈禧在位期間，宮中太監人 過這種說法可能僅來自傳聞。民國初期，高官們顯然一度將這些 數減至3000名，而1911年及1919年更分別裁減至1137名及1000 皇宮寶物當作饋贈奇人能士之佳品。美國女畫師Katherine Carl 名。1923年，溥儀皇帝（在其英國籍教師莊士敦影響下）下令清 補充道：「在宮中，每個節日、每場慶典、所有紀念日都少不了禮 點宮內珍藏寶物，據說為掩蓋其監守自盜的罪行，宮中太監於6 物這一大標誌性物品。幾乎沒有哪天無人進貢，也不乏受皇帝打 月27日縱火燒毀建福宮[後改建為網球場]。此說法雖無佐證，卻 賞的日子，倒是「內部官員」無禮尚往來的日子才令人稱奇。美國 非常合理可信。莊士敦曾說，此次大火燒毀了6643件文物，救出 駐華公使(1898-1905)夫人Sara Pike Conger隨夫離華赴墨西哥 來的文物為387件。「這場大火令無數珍寶毀損殆燼，其中包括 上任之時，慈禧曾贈予其一塊血玉，這塊血玉「兩千年來曾是中 [以下均為估計數量]：金佛像2685尊；字畫1157件（主要為佛教 國一些統治者的佩帶之物，其中包括慈禧，在她在位期間、1900 字畫）；黃金佛龕飾品1675件；周、唐、宋、元等歷代瓷器、玉器、 年遭遇八國聯軍圍攻之時、逃亡途中、在離宮數百英里處避難 銅器古玩435件；古書成千上萬冊；以及貂裘及龍袍31箱。」溥儀 之處、以及在重返自己的北京紫禁城時，這塊血玉都一直陪伴 曾親筆寫道：「這是根據什麼賬目寫的，只有天曉得」，但是他也 著她，保佑她安然度過所有危險時刻。」然而，Conger夫人的得 記錄稱有一家金店以50萬銀元買下了灰燼處理權，並從中揀出 意門生王先生卻抗議說未見過這塊血玉：「這樣的血石何等重 黃金17000多兩（當時一兩相當於50克）。有一次，莊士敦看到有 要，如非很有錢的中國人，根本不可能得到這樣的東西。」美國公 太監施計欲將宮中之物偷賣換錢，太監見事情敗露便將贓物放 使——海軍陸戰隊中尉Richard Hooker的夫人Mary Hooker講 到他的宅邸，企圖栽贓嫁禍，但都被莊士敦發現了。莊士敦還曾 述了一個有關清朝政治家李鴻章的笑話： 籠統寫道：「太監盜取宮中珍寶後，多再按職位高低瓜分贓物」 ，他曾因宮中庫房空空如也大感震驚。莊士敦明確表示：「按照 [他]為慈禧太后簽妥一份極為有利的條約後……在面談結束時， 慣例，[從皇宮藏寶室]盜取的物品往往在一個不為外人所知的小 慈禧太后對他做了一個手勢，意指他將因其所作貢獻得到一份 圈子內脫手，而該圈子與內務府關係密切，因而內務府能夠以中 私人禮物，禮物將在接見室給他。此前李鴻章一直是一名中國瓷 介身份聯絡買賣家，並重中斡旋，以利雙方達成共識。賊贓的實 器的收藏大家，他的很多藏品都被他迅速在倫敦的佳士得拍賣 際成交價格雖遠遠超過皇宮帳目中記載的數額，但卻仍遠遠低 行賣給出價最高的競買者，以之換取巨額英鎊。事實上，他的缺 於其市場價值。」溥儀本人曾痛斥太監猖獗的打劫行徑，並裁撤 點早已令他臭名遠揚，同時所有人都知道，只要出價足夠高，只 太監至200人，後又減至50人。溥儀在其自傳中曾這樣說道：「參 要是他有的，他都肯賣……離開接見室之際，太監遞給他一樣由 加偷竊行為的，可以說是從上而下，人人在內。換言之，凡是一切 金線織物包裹的沉重物品，這令他眼睛為之一亮。他飛奔回自己 有機會的人，無一不參加……莊士敦師傅曾告訴我，他住的地安 的住處，在等待他的秘書Pethick爵士——當時最傑出的中國古 門街上，新開了許多家古玩店。聽說有部分由太監所開，有的是 玩鑒賞家之一來檢視這一新得的、才從慈禧太后的珍寶庫取出 內務府官員或者官員的親戚所設。」市面上很多古玩，當然不僅 的寶物時，顯得急不可待。Pethick爵士先是花時間仔細查看了這 僅是瓷器，曾一度遠銷至西方國家。直至1924年溥儀離宮後仍聽 一寶物，試圖確定其製作朝代，但是有關製作日期的特殊標誌已 說「內務府通過典當金銀器及古玩，在這一年賺取了500萬元」 與其他技術特徵一起遺失。最後，Pethick小心翼翼地將它提起 Stephen Bushell更以一個特殊個案補充：「酒壺……無與媲美 來，放到桌子上，自己則站在它的前面，並取出一條圍巾圍住肩 的瓷器珍品。圖中所示酒壺為京城禁衛軍將領珍藏之物，他曾告 部，然後慢慢地、非常緩慢地舉手靠近這一寶物，然後將手轉為 訴我說這是他用200元銀元從宮中一名內務總管手中所得……」 在火堆旁取暖的姿勢。中國人無需言語。李鴻章明白了，心也碎 再往前說，太監總管劉瑾在1510年失勢之前，曾擁有闊院大宅一 了。這是巴黎製作的一個高仿品，這名秘書在這件瓷器前暖了暖 幢、金銀珠寶兩百五十萬兩、純金盔甲兩套、貴重石器25磅、金戒 手，然後表示，這是一件剛剛出爐的瓷器，他仍然能感覺到它的 指和金胸針3000枚、黃金餐盤500只以及鑲滿寶石的腰帶4000 余溫。淘氣的老太后，竟戲弄了她最忠心耿耿的奴才！ 餘條。慈禧時期的大太監總管李蓮英身後財產多達500萬英鎊。 阮進壽是隨侍溥儀的二太監總管，用別人的話說：「他太富有了， 大概是慈禧不經以接手了這一禮物，然後又將之「轉手」了。慈禧 一到冬天，他每天都穿不同的毛皮大衣。儘管這些大衣是用很多 送出的另一件著名禮物是永樂年間的葡萄藤青花瓷大盤，是由 不同的黑貂皮做成的，但是同一件大衣他從不穿第二次；他過年 她在海關總稅務司Robert Hart爵士退休之時贈送給他的，該物 時穿的海獺毛斗篷則相當於一名小吏一生的俸祿。」皇宮珍藏文 品作為83號拍賣物於2003年9月16日在紐約多爾拍賣行舉行的 物中之所以屢屢出現贗品的原因之一就是因為這些宦官從中做 莫里爾拍賣會上以22萬美元的價格售出。在2011年5月12日舉行 了手腳。 的拍賣會上，邦瀚斯拍賣行拍賣了一名英國工程師獲贈的一隻花 瓶（397號拍賣物）。1903年4月，慈禧太后乘坐由47節車廂組成 的專列前往明十三陵祭祖，顯然這名工程師也參與了這場活動， 並因此獲贈一枚金質獎章和「一隻貴重的[不帶年款的]花瓶，此 花瓶原本存放於熱河行宮——慈禧太后存放御窯瓷器的地方。 4. 溥儀的攝政王——其父醇親王的輔張浪費是出了名 年）1901年他離開北京時，「據說帶走了數節火車車廂的中國藝 的，僅靠清政府的補貼常常入不敷出，因此只得不斷變賣宮中文 術珍品」。其他人還包括Hippisley、Hirth、Alcock、Johnston、 物以維繫生活和中飽私囊。這些古玩應該就這樣到了當地商人 Wright-Bruce、Labouchere和Mitford之流。 的手中，然後其中大批物品再經由他們銷往了西方國家。莊士敦 也記載稱，變賣宮中物品是為彌補宮中帳目不斷增長的虧空， 通商口岸的開放（第一次鴉片戰爭（1840年-1842年）結束後於 而造成這一現象的部分原因是政府無力根據與溥儀達成的退位 1842年簽定的《南京條約》中之條款）為英國人在中國搜羅文物 協議履行義務，即每年向溥儀提供補貼，對此民國政府十分清 創造了新的機會。1843年前，:在華英籍人士主要由臨時及流動 楚。1912年12月2日，《紐約時報》報導稱，中國皇宮的全套文物 人口組成，當包括在廣州經商的商人及海員。1843條約簽訂後， （內含中國每種陶瓷之頂級樣品）將在倫敦出售。 駐華英籍人口的結構產生了變化：在獲得五個通商口岸的居留權 後，留華英籍人士開始增長，且迎來其他各行業的人士：除了商 5. 正如莊士敦所記載、溥儀在自傳中也曾承認的，在很 人和更多傳教士之外，還有駐華領事館職員（在中國海關任職的 長一段時間內，他和弟弟溥傑（1994年去世）曾有計劃有步驟地 官員/收藏家，如Hippisley和Hirth等）及駐軍人員等……這些留 將[數千件]貴重物品（據說大部分是古書和書法作品，但絕不可 在中國的英國人是一批新晉的文物收藏者，在這裡他們可以得 能僅僅是這兩種）藏在衣服中，偷偷帶出宮外。C.P. Fitzgerald 到比之前更多的、各種各樣的文物……通商口岸為在中國直接搜 則稱「Reginald爵士……作為中間人，協助將一些極為罕見和 羅文物的西方人提供了基地，而無需再通過中國中介人或等待此 無價的宋代瓷器從皇宮運送至香港銀行（為英國所有）。後來， 前出口的文物在歐洲市面流通。 皇族人員為滿足其經濟需求，將這些文物不斷變賣。目前，這些 文物中有若干（如果談不上全部的話）被倫敦的顏慈 (Percival 此批新晉收藏家的代表人物包括Robert Fortune、John Henry Yetts) [原文如此，供David參考]收藏。荷蘭駐華公使William J. Gray和Stephen Bushell。 Oudendyk KCMG記載稱，1923年2月23日溥儀來找他，「他的汽 車裡裝了許多大大小小的手提箱，溥儀說，箱中有部分是皇帝自 9. 包括Reeves、Freer、Bahr、Percival David爵士、Veit 己的私人財產……幾天後，他的一名皇叔載濤來拜訪我。為我樂 h、N.S.Brown、Gulland、Crofts、Crozier、Garratt、Hoover、S 於幫助皇帝而對我千恩萬謝……他帶走了裝有皇帝財產的所有手 choenlicht和Liddell在內的眾多西方收藏者（至少約有30名）， 提箱。後來，我聽說這些物品沒有被帶回紫禁城，因此未被沒收 親自在中國購買或通過中國的代理商進行購買。美國人William 充公，真是萬幸。」 Pethick（1901年去世）是清朝政治家同時也是瓷器收藏大家李 鴻章的秘書兼外交顧問，Squiers和Charles Dana的多數藏品完 6. 親王府內僕役亦有監守自盜的情況。莊士敦曾暗示稱， 全歸功於他。《起源》一書的Robert Fortune自傳部分將針對這 很少有滿族親王（莊士敦只將一名親王排除在外）「知道他們自 一話題進行詳細傳述，以饗讀者。 己的財產究竟有多少，他們甚至不知道這些財產放在哪，……他 們要的錢總是不斷送來，親王從來不問也不指望有人會告訴他們 10. 西方古董商亦曾親身來華、派遣代理、或委託國內具商 這些錢的來處。」 譽之中介搜購中國文物，當中包括北京古玩市場、香港、上海、西 域、瓷廠以及公使館之行家。 7. 受時勢所迫，生活潦倒，其後更因政治形勢所迫逃至 香港等更為安全的地區之時，中國的王公大臣、文人鄉紳及收藏 此外，外國古董商們也開始於北京以及較大的通商口岸出沒，此 家紛紛變賣其手中的藝術瑰寶，其中有早期瓷器，也有大量雖非 前似乎多已諮詢過公使館內的老行家。在他們買進珍貴文物的 御用卻品質極佳的工藝品。Sayce教授1912年在北京時曾寫道： 同時，新一輪各門各類的文物被遠銷至歐洲和美國市場。這一貿 「中國人太緊張了，為了一點點蠅頭小利就賤買家傳之寶」，而他 易量似乎已太過龐大了，以致Eliza Scidmore在第七次來中國時 「懷著非常愉悅的心情參加這場遊戲，買下很多瓷器和宋代字 宣稱來華者可以將在中國市場尋找奇珍異寶之事放下了；因為極 畫，得到了一次『大豐收』的機會」，他稱「這是一次千載難逢的 品珍寶已在倫敦、巴黎、德累斯頓、柏林、魏瑪、紐約和巴爾的摩 機會」。1913年，山中商會在美國舉行的一次拍賣會中公開拍賣 拍賣，而不在北京了。 了曾為恭親王的部分珍藏。莊士敦曾寫道：「早前發生的革命浩 劫使滿族親王們一下子陷入了貧困窘迫的境地，1919年我認識其 山中商會在北京設有自己的處所，他會定期來這裡購買文 中一些親王的時候，他們早已不復過去光鮮體面的樣子……他 物；George Eumorfopoulos也曾明確表示他之所以擁有數量龐 們的生活來源部分依靠悄悄變賣之前朝廷賞賜給他們或他們祖 大的高品質藏品，山中商會功不可沒。在其他人失去貨源之後， 先的寶物。為了面子，他們不可能公開拍賣手中的珍寶。大多數 諸如盧芹齋、仇炎之、Tonying 和T.Y.King等的一些商人仍可通過 情況下，他們拿到手的價錢都低得荒唐……另一位親王……中國 特殊貨源管道獲得高品質御用瓷器。Sparks也曾親自前往。 曾經的巨富之一現在落魄了……在天津居住……有次[他]急需用 錢，便讓管家將府中寶庫尚存的一些玉石、瓷器、珠寶、字畫等 貴重物品（其中大多數為皇帝賞賜的宮中古玩）拿出去變賣…… 」。管家們總是一如既往地儘力將他們所選的物品多賣掉一些， 然後再儘力從中私下截走錢款，這樣迫使其以後為了生計不得不 再次變賣家中珍寶。1949年共產黨接管中國政權時，富有的難民 們紛紛帶著他們的財產逃離到南方。

8. 很多西方官員在駐華期間不斷收集寶物，然後再將這 些戰利品（其中既有掠奪來的也有買來的）帶回家鄉。其中最 猖狂的是美國外交官Henry Goldsmith Squiers（1859年-1911 11. 一些西方人同時於中國政府內擔任了官方職務（多為 19. 這些更為精緻/非同一般的內銷瓷是由貿易公司、私人 兼職性質），如Arbuthnot、Bedford、Collins、Boode、Bowma 交易商、押運員等上述人員帶回來的。 n、Runge、Lowder等人。Richard Bennett和G.R.Davies的藏品 「全部由中國內銷文物和很多直接從該國進口的文物組成」。 20. 官窯「二等品」或「品質稍低」的瓷器的產量每年可能 以Davies為例，其中一些文物是由上海的E.O.Arbuthnot提供 多達六萬至七萬件。為此林業強教授稱： 的；Andrew Burman也曾為Davies和Gulland供貨。 清初延續明末之做法，並不會銷毀品質較差及出現瑕疵狀況的 12. 香港古董商（多為原居民）向西方人出售文物，尤其是 製成品而是存放於景德鎮的瓷器倉庫內。直到雍正六年（1728 自1950年代起。在中共建國初期，大量走私及非法貿易仍通過 年），唐英擔任了景德鎮督陶官，這些瑕疵品才與良品一起被送 此中轉站進行。 往京城，予皇帝用於賞賜臣民或於京城出售。直至1742年，乾隆 皇帝下詔督陶官唐英，命其於當地售賣這些瑕疵品，而不必大費 13. 日本人曾於十九世紀末及上世紀前半葉對中國發起多 周章將之運往京城。自此以後，這就成了一條慣例，除專供皇室 次侵略；沒有人知道他們掠奪了多少文物。自此，日本開始成為文 成員專用之黃釉瓷器外，所有官窯瑕疵品均於當地處理。此傳統 物匯集之地，令西方古董商、拍賣行和收藏家蜂擁而至。 一直由後人嚴格遵守，直至二十世紀初清廷瓦解。

14. 近年國際拍賣行紛紛在香港開設分部，舉行一系列拍 對於那些認為上述數字有誤，實際應當為六千至七千件的人，他 賣活動，以此秘而不宣地鼓勵中國及其他東亞國家及地區文物 逐補充： 的外流，令中國內銷瓷器充斥香港及國際市場。 乾隆初年，皇帝曾因官窯瑕疵品數量太多而數次予以斥責，其中 15. 東亞古董商及藏家委託西方拍賣行為其藏品進行拍 一兩次他甚至不允許唐英報廢那些瑕疵品。這足以說明雍正時 賣。譬如，1907年2月7日至8日，S.Koopman（拍賣品目錄中有其 期實行了極高規格的品質監管措施和篩選流程，因此瑕疵品數 手寫姓名）委託倫敦佳士得拍賣一批中國瓷器，並稱這些瓷器 「 量才會如此之多。 為一位有身分的人所有，之前曾被陳光復先生（已故南京總督） 收藏」。此批瓷器的拍賣編號為78至129號，由青花瓷器和琺瑯 Sarah Pike Conger，美國駐華公使夫人（1898年-1905年），補 彩瓷器構成。1921年2月3日，倫敦佳士得拍賣行共拍賣了135組 充了一條頗有意思的註解： 瓷器，是「奉漢口市省高院法官之命」予以拍賣的。 官窯瓷器均於距離九江有一段距離的內陸地區燒製的。我本想 16. 由大英帝國的軍官、官員及其家人（如Halsey夫 搜購，因為在京城找不到，但商店內有的也只是一些不良品—— 人、Sayce、John Home爵士和Berkeley Smith等）從波斯、印 都有一些小瑕疵，好瓷器和我想要的那種瓷器都很難找到。 度、非洲和埃及等國帶回的中國藝術珍品（與西方相比，這些國 家的早期原居民「品味更高」，這是他們之所以擁有這些藝術珍 21. 歐洲大陸市面上的瓷器後流通至英國和美國，特別是 品的部分原因），包括皇室饋贈的禮物。 由荷蘭和法國流出。

17. 從東亞歸國的士兵及海員售予西方古董商（如Gump） 如前文所述，十九世紀社會政經環境提供多個機會及流向予不 的文物，尤其是在1860年後和1900年後。在兩次鴉片戰爭期間， 帶年款、較精緻並非同一般的中國內銷瓷，以及帶款無款之官窯 儘管中國的正常貿易曾出現中斷，但是最終卻為軍隊在中國本土 瓷器流入本土市場，並逐漸流出海外。文中亦指出歷史上若干事 搜羅文物建立了新的管道。私人收藏家們應該是軍隊斬獲的戰 件令官窯民窯瓷器大批流散海外，而中外亦建立起直接路線進 利品之直接或間接受益者，Alfred Morrison就是其中獲益最多 行瓷器貿易。由此不難理解西方世界為何藏有如此驚人數量之 的一個代表人物，他於1861年購得了Henry Loch上尉所取得的 內銷及官窯瓷器。事實上，西方世界兩千家博物館粗略估計共藏 豐厚戰利品。 有一百五十萬件中國瓷器及工藝品，而中國政府現僅針對由圓明 園所掠之宮中舊藏編撰目錄。而考慮到中國文物流入西方的多條 18. 1933年，北京面臨被日本佔領時，大批文物由故宮運 路線及機會，西方世界歷年所藏有之「不帶年款、較精緻並非同 往中國各地，莊士敦聽說這些珍寶的保守價值估計為1000萬英 一般的內銷瓷」之數量必然更為龐大，特別是博物館之藏品。此 鎊，共計19557箱。可以肯定的是，途中亦有文物迭失各地，儘管 類瓷器雖已出口海外，卻並不應將之納入為外銷瓷。 中方的聲明與之相反。莊士敦希望「它們不會變得七零八落或被 銷往外國，一想到以後至少在中國再也看不到其中的一些文物就 「中國風格」此一意指特定瓷器類形的名詞早已深入民心，觀 覺得難受。」1948年和1949年間，共有17934件瓷器、5760幅字 念根深蒂固，因此為達本文目的而對之重新釋意定義，淡化其原 畫、3894枚玉石和2382件銅器被運往臺灣，直至今日，這些文物 意，實無助益。而「精選內銷瓷」此一名稱可能更適合用以稱呼 仍留在那裡。 上文中被冠以「不帶年款、較精緻並非同一般的中國內銷瓷」的 瓷器類別。 1 2 A pair of straw-glazed pottery horses A brown and straw-glazed standing horse Sui/early Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty Each finely potted with saddle and bridle, standing foursquare on a The saddled horse powerful with bulging eyes and open mouth, the rectangular plinth, the head rendered with hogged mane and powerful body covered with large chestnut brown splashes running over a neck. cream coloured glaze, the saddle and base left unglazed. 32cm (12 5/8in) high (2) 48cm (18 7/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000 £3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

隋/唐初 稻黃釉馬俑一對 唐 稻黃釉馬俑

Provenance 來源: David MacAlpine Collection Provenance 來源: R. & G. McPherson Ltd., London The Country Seat, Oxfordshire Roy Davids Collection, no.132, acquired on 18 December 2005 Roy Davids Collection, no.31, acquired on 24 September 2001 The result of thermoluminescence test no.C114h34 dated 7 August The results of thermoluminescence test nos.C114h32 and C114h33, 2014, Oxford Authentication Ltd., is consistent with the dating of this dated 11 August 2014, Oxford Authentication Ltd., are consistent with lot. the dating of this lot.

20 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 21 3 A large Longquan celadon-glazed lobed dish Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) 14th century Desmond R. Laurence Collection, acquired on 14 April 2004 (label) The broad dish finely incised in the central well with a flowering Roy Davids Collection, no.141 camellia, the lobed sides incised inside and out with floral sprays, a pattern of curling tendrils around the rim. Published and illustrated 出版和著錄: Selected Chinese Porcelain 43.5cm (17 1/8in) diam. From the Collection of Professor D.R.Laurence, Marchant, 2010, no.1 (label) £3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000 Compare other large celadon-glazed dishes, with similar treatment of the barbed rim and carved floral decoration on the interior, illustrated by R.Krahl and J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray 十四世紀 龍泉青釉刻花卉紋瓣式大盤 Museum, Istanbul. A Complete Catalogue I. Historical Introductions. Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadons, London, 1986, col.pl.239, dated c.1400, and nos.152, 157 and 167, all dated to the early to mid 14th century.

22 | Bonhams 4 A large celadon-glazed ribbed Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London slender oviform vase Roy Davids Collection, no.48, acquired on 30 July 2008 Early 18th century Finely moulded on the body with vertical narrow ribs, the oviform vase A similar vase, with ormolu mounts and forming part of a garniture slightly waisted above the foot, gently flaring towards the rim, covered with two smaller vases mounted as ewers in The Wallace Collection, overall in a rich and even bright glaze. is illustrated by S.Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, 44cm (17 1/4) high pl.XCVI.

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

十八世紀早期 青釉瓜棱式橄欖瓶

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5 A blanc-de-chine seated figure of Guanyin 17th century Finely modelled wearing a long floating robe, the figure sitting on elaborately incised rockwork, the hands clasped in front of the chest, the peaceful face with closed eyes and tied back hair. 25.5cm (9 7/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

十七世紀 德化白瓷觀音坐像

Provenance 來源: Sotheby’s London, 23 May 1972, lot 208 Bluett and Sons Ltd., London Professor Lynne Reid Collection, acquired on 14 June 1972 Dominic Jellinek Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, acquired on 24 November 2006

6 A blanc-de-chine elephant Kangxi The animal naturalistically moulded, standing with its head turning to the right with its trunk curled back towards its mouth. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) wide

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 德化白瓷寶象立像

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired on 3 June 1994 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.108, acquired on 13 September 2001

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son, Exhibition of 5 Blanc de Chine, June 1994, Catalogue no.50 (label)

24 | Bonhams 7 A blanc-de-chine cylindrical teapot and cover Deyi Lin Jiesheng zhi six-character mark, late 18th/ 19th century The vessel with a dragon head forming the spout and the body forming the handle, the cover surmounted by a flower-bud finial. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) wide (2).

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

十八世紀末/十九世紀 德化白瓷螭龍紋蓋壺 7 「德邑林捷陞製」楷書刻款

Provenance 來源: Jonathan Robinson Ltd. Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.357, acquired in 1995 Roy Davids Collection, no.81

The mark ‘De Yi Lin Jie Sheng Zhi’ may be translated as ‘Made by Lin Jiesheng of Deyi’.

A related example in shape and style from the Kangxi period was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Edward T.Chow Collection Part Three Ming and Qing Porcelain, 19 May 1981, lot 469.

8 A blanc-de-chine slender baluster vase and relief-moulded cup 17th century The vase decorated around the body with a moulded and carved design of a bird amongst prunus, bamboo and chrysanthemum, each shoulder with an applied smiling ‘lion mask’ handle, the cup simulating a rhinoceros-horn libation cup, moulded with a deer and seated beast below pine and prunus trees, the beast gazing at a snarling dragon emerging from the draping folds around the lip. The vase 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high (2).

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

十七世紀 德化白瓷花鳥紋雙獸耳瓶 及德化白瓷松鹿紋杯

Provenance 來源: The vase: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.79, acquired on 8 December 2008 The cup: Stockspring Antiques Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.82, acquired on 4 March 8 2010

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9 A pair of soft-paste blue and white flower-head-moulded vases Qianlong Each delicately moulded with butterflies hovering amid bamboo stalks and blossoming peony branches issuing from pierced rockwork, all under a band of flower heads in underglaze blue. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) high (2).

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清乾隆 漿胎白釉模印山石花蝶紋瓶一對

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.77, acquired on 11 November 2008

10 A soft-paste creamy-white- glazed hexagonal baluster vase 18th century Incised with stylised dragons between a band of upright lappets below and borders of ruyi heads, bats and stylised shou characters above. 22.3cm (8 3/4in) high

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

十八世紀 漿胎白釉暗刻龍紋六方瓶

Provenance 來源: Sotheby’s London, 27 June 1967, lot 285 R. & G. McPherson Ltd., London 11 Roy Davids Collection, no.76, acquired on 14 October 2003

26 | Bonhams 11 A soft-paste white-glazed ‘lingzhi’ baluster vase 18th century The delicate vessel relief-moulded with two intricate lingzhi fungus sprays, the glaze of ivory white tone and densely crackled. 16cm (6 3/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

十八世紀 漿胎白釉模印靈芝紋瓶

Provenance 來源: H.M.Knight Collection Larry Strenger Collection (by repute) Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.78, acquired on 9 June 2009

Exhibited 展出: Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten, Amsterdam, 3 July - 10 October 1954, p.60, no.291

12 A white-glazed pierced deep bowl 12 Qianlong Skillfully potted, the rounded sides rising to an incurved rim, a floral design cut before a translucent glaze was applied, the bowl covered inside and out in a rich white glaze. 20.5cm (8in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清乾隆 白釉花卉紋缽

Provenance 來源: J.P.Morgan Collection (labels) Dr. Lowell S.Young Collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.135, acquired on 4 October 2012

A similar ‘rice grain’-style bowl is in the National Gallery of Art Washington, inv.no.1942.9.551. A bowl from the Qianlong period using the same technique, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated by L.Liang-yu in Ch’ing Official and Popular Wares: A Survey of Chinese Ceramics 5, Hong Kong, 1991, p.200.

13 A white-glazed pear-shaped bottle vase Qianlong Covered in a creamy ivory-white glaze, the rounded body moulded with a dense floral scroll, with incised details, above a band of petals and beneath a band of ruyi heads and key-fret around the shoulder, the tall neck carved with upright leaves beneath another band of ruyi heads. 35.5cm (14in) high

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

清乾隆 白釉刻花卉紋膽瓶

Provenance 來源: Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.98, acquired on 22 April 2010

Two similar vases are illustrated by R.Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, Hong Kong, 1994, nos.802 and 803, 13 pp.166-7.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 27 14 A rare langyao gu-shaped beaker vase Kangxi Archaistic in form, covered in a crackled deep red glaze thinning to a pale mushroom grey at the mouth and foot. 42cm (16 1/2in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 郎窯紅釉花觚

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.337 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.97, acquired on 3 October 2003

A similar vase was sold at Christie’s London, 16 December 1981, lot 71.

15 A langyao saucer dish Kangxi Finely potted with gently curved sides rising to a flaring rim, covered overall with an even crackled copper-red glaze thinning to white at the rim, the base with a crackled apple-green glaze. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 郎窯紅釉盤

Provenance 來源: E.T.Hall Collection, no.172 (label) Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 95 S. Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.100, acquired on 5 February 2007

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28 | Bonhams 16 A large sang-de-boeuf pear- shaped vase, yuhuchunping 18th/19th century Finely potted with a swelling body rising from a short straight foot to a flared trumpet neck, covered in a lustrous deep red glaze thinning to a crackled mushroom tone at the rim. 43cm (17in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

十八/十九世紀 紅釉玉壺春瓶

Provenance 來源: Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.73, acquired on 11 March 2011

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 29 17 A rare flambé-glazed bottle vase Impressed Qianlong seal mark and of the period The globular body rising to a flaring neck, covered in a rich mottled glaze of purple, crimson, blue and lavender tone, thinning at the mouth to a creamy beige. 38cm high (15 3/8in)

£10,000 - 15,000 HK$130,000 - 190,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000

清乾隆 窯變釉賞瓶 「大清乾隆年製」篆書模款

Provenance 來源: Desmond R.Laurence Collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.84, acquired on 15 November 2010

The flambé glaze of the present lot is inspired by the Jun glazes of the Song dynasty, with attractively irregular bluish splashes where the copper red colour has drained away. A very similar vase, Qianlong seal mark and period, is illustrated by R.Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), Hong Kong, 2010, no.1812, pp.366-367. A related flambé vase from the Salting Bequest at the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R.Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, no.3, pp.20-21.

30 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 31 18 A sang-de-boeuf pear-shaped vase Qianlong The thickly potted vase with a bulbous body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, all covered with a mottled deep crimson glaze with a delicate crackle, thinning at the mouth to a rich creamy colour, wood stand. 36.5cm (14 3/8in) high (2)

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

清乾隆 紅釉膽瓶

Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, no.89.

32 | Bonhams 19 A large flambé-glazed pear- shaped bottle vase Early 19th century The vase covered in a rich dark red transmutation glaze streaked with blue to achieve purple highlights, thinning to a light beige at the mouth rim. 50cm (19 3/4in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

十九世紀早期 窯變釉膽瓶

Provenance 來源: Jan van Beers Oriental Art Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.134, acquired on 12 November 2002

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 33 20 A rare flambé-glazed lobed ‘lingzhi’ jardinière Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period Skillfully potted on four bracket feet, the ribbed sides rising to a flat rim, the exterior covered in an attractive purple glaze striated with white and lavender splashes, the interior with a sky-blue glaze. 29cm (11 1/2in) wide

£8,000 - 12,000 HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

清乾隆 窯變釉海棠式花盆 「大清乾隆年製」篆書刻款

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.127, acquired on 21 February 2005

Although the inspiration for the flambé glaze can be traced as far back as the Song dynasty, it was not until an extraordinary technique was developed during the Qing period that exceptional pieces like the present lot could be produced. Its shape and style are inspired by Song period Jun ware. For possible prototypes see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl.21 and A Panorama of Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chun Ware, Taipei, 1999, pl.45.

Whereas a rectangular shape such as illustrated by R.Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), Hong Kong, 2010, no.1808 is very common for this type of ware, the unusual ‘lingzhi’ shape of the present lot is rare, imbued with the auspicious wish for long life.

34 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 35 21 A rare yellow-glazed saucer dish Provenance 來源: Clive D.Collins Collection, no.130 Zhengde six-character mark and of the period Deadmill Ltd., Bath Thinly potted, the sides rising gently to a slightly flared mouth, Roy Davids Collection, no.12, acquired on 18 March 2009 the exterior and interior covered in a rich yellow glaze. 20.9cm (8 1/4in) diam. A very similar dish of the same size and shape, Zhengde period, is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics £5,000 - 8,000 in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.8:27. The Koger HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000 Collection included two slightly smaller dishes, Zhengde mark and period, illustrated by J.Ayers in Chinese Ceramics The Koger Collection, Warwickshire, 1985, nos.68 and 69. 明正德 黃釉盤 青花「大明正德年製」楷書款 Another related example was sold at Christie’s London on 4 November 2008, lot 158.

36 | Bonhams 22 A rare yellow-glazed saucer dish Provenance 來源: Norma Simmons Collection Zhengde six-character mark and of the period Bluett & Sons Ltd., London (label) Finely potted with rounded sides rising from a tall foot to a Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.257, acquired on 19 flared rim, covered inside and out with an attractive even December 1986 yellow glaze. Roy Davids Collection, no.14, acquired on 20 October 2001 22.3cm (8 3/4in) diam.

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

明正德 黃釉盤 青花「大明正德年製」楷書款

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 37 23 A yellow-glazed incised ‘phoenix’ saucer dish Provenance 來源: Stephen Bushell Collection (by repute) Incised Jiajing six-character mark and of the period S.H.Ng, London The gently rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.334, acquired in 1987 overall in a yellow glaze, the interior finely incised with phoenix Roy Davids Collection, no.21, acquired on 20 October 2001 among clouds. 29cm (11 1/2in) diam. It is unusual to find incised decoration with phoenix, representing the Empress, rather then the dragon £4,000 - 7,000 representing the Emperor himself. A related yellow-glazed HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000 dish incised with dragons, also incised Jiajing mark and of the period, in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, is now in the British Museum, reference PDF.554. See also 明嘉靖 黃釉暗刻雲鳳紋盤 「大明嘉靖年製」楷書刻款 a related dish, slightly larger, the interior also incised with dragons and the reverse with incised Jiajing six-character mark, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum 37 Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p.50, no.45.

38 | Bonhams 24 A yellow-glazed saucer dish Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London Jiajing six-character mark and of the period Roy Davids Collection, no.19, acquired on 9 June 2006 The rounded sides rising from a tall foot to a slightly flared mouth, covered inside and out with an even yellow glaze. A similar dish from the Cunliffe Collection was sold in these 22.3cm (8 3/4in) diam. rooms, 11 November 2002, lot 79. Two other very similar examples were sold at Sotheby’s London on 11 May 2011, £5,000 - 8,000 lot 215 and 10 March 2005, lot 147. HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

明嘉靖 黃釉盤 青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 39 25 A yellow-glazed bowl Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Wanli six-character mark and of the period Roy Davids Collection, no.20, acquired on 26 July 2005 The rounded sides rising from a straight tall foot to an everted rim, covered on the interior and exterior in an even yellow glaze. Yellow-glazed porcelain from the Wanli period is rare, however a bowl 15.3cm (6in) diam. of similar shape though slightly smaller in size, Wanli mark and period, is illustrated by J.Ayers in Chinese Ceramics The Koger Collection, £6,000 - 10,000 Warwickshire, 1985, no.76. Another yellow-glazed bowl, Wanli mark HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000 and of the period, with incised lotus decoration is in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, and was exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland, Ming: The Golden Empire, and published, Catalogue, 明萬曆 黃釉碗 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款 Edinburgh, 2014, no.28.

40 | Bonhams 26 A yellow-glazed incised ‘medallion’ bowl Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Roy Davids Collection, no.18, acquired on 1 November 2002 Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot, covered inside and out in an even yellow glaze, four incised A very similar example, Kangxi mark and period, is illustrated medallions to the exterior, a single medallion to the interior. by R.Krahl and C.von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the 11.9cm ( 4 1/2in) diam. Gulexuan Collection, Lunen, 2003, no.97. Another related bowl, Qianlong mark and period, is illustrated by R.Krahl in £5,000 - 8,000 Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000 Four (II), London, 2010, no.1821.

清康熙 黃釉暗刻團紋碗 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 41 27 A yellow-glazed ‘dragons’ cup Provenance 來源: Sidney Ernest Kennedy Collection, no.156 Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (one of a pair) Finely potted, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot, the exterior Christie’s London, 21 June 1916, lot 100 covered in a lemon-yellow glaze, moulded with a narrow band of F.C.Harrison Collection dragons around the body in low relief, two confronted chilong forming Bluett & Sons Ltd., A Collection of Old Chinese Monochrome the delicately potted handles, wood stand. Porcelains, June 1925, no.33 7.5cm (3in) wide (2). Captain A.T.Warre Collection, no.56, acquired from Bluett & Sons Ltd. on 8 June 1925 £3,000 - 5,000 Mr and Mrs George Warre Collection HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, acquired on 20 September 2010 清康熙 黃釉龍紋雙龍耳小杯 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款 A similar example, Kangxi period, is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1994, p.135, no.98. Other similar examples in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art are now in the British Museum, published by M.Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochromes in the Percival Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1973, nos.503-4 and 567 (no.567 also with a saucer).

The pair to the present cup, also formerly in the collections of Sidney Ernest Kennedy, F.C.Harrison (by repute), Captain A.T.Warre and Mr and Mrs George Warre, was exhibited by S.Marchant and Son, Recent Acquisitions, 2008, no.30.

42 | Bonhams 28 A large yellow-glazed bowl Provenance 來源: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, no.917 Kangxi six-character mark and of the period William Cornwallis Cartwright Collection, Northamptonshire, Well potted, the deeply rounded sides rising from a tall foot or Sir Fairfax Leighton Cartwright Collection, to a slightly everted rim, the inside and out covered in an Northamptonshire, acquired from Bluett’s on 3 July 1913 or attractive lemon yellow glaze. 13 December 1913 38cm (15in) diam. Richard Fairfax Cartwright Collection, Northamptonshire, by descent £3,000 - 5,000 Elizabeth Armine Julia Cartwright, Wiltshire, by descent HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000 Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.520, acquired on 15 September 1990 清康熙 黃釉碗 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款 Roy Davids Collection, no.42, acquired on 20 October 2000

For a very similar bowl, Kangxi mark and period, see The Tsui Museum of Art Chinese Ceramics IV Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no.14. Two similar bowls sold in these rooms, 12 May 2011, lots 404 and 405.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 43 29 A small yellow-glazed cup Provenance 來源: a Connecticut collection (by repute) Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period Christie’s New York, 19 September 2007, lot 362 Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the inside S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London plain white, the outside covered in a lemon-yellow glaze, wood stand. Roy Davids Collection, no.23, acquired on 12 June 2008 7.5cm (3in) diam. (2). For a very similar piece from the Yongzheng period, although slightly £1,500 - 2,000 smaller (6.6cm diam.), see R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the HK$19,000 - 25,000 CNY15,000 - 20,000 Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), London, 2010, no.1829.

清雍正 黃釉小杯 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

44 | Bonhams 30 A small yellow-glazed cup Provenance 來源: a European private collection Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period S. Marchant and Son Ltd., London Finely potted, the rounded sides rising to a slightly flared rim, Roy Davids Collection, no.24, acquired on 15 October 2009 the exterior covered in an attractive lemon-yellow glaze, the interior plain white, wood stand. The Yongzheng period is renowned for the delicacy and 6.1cm (2 3/8in) diam. (2). purity of its monochrome wares, which have been admired and coveted by notable collectors ever since. A very similar £5,000 - 8,000 example, though slightly bigger, Yongzheng mark and period, HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000 is illustrated in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors: A Selection from the Wang Xing 清雍正 黃釉小杯 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款 Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, no.97. A slightly bigger bowl with lemon-yellow glaze, Yongzheng mark and period, is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), London, 2010, no.1828.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 45 31 A large yellow-glazed saucer dish Provenance 來源: Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.186 (label) Well potted, with rising sides on a slightly inverted foot, S. Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) covered overall in a rich yellow glaze. Roy Davids Collection, no.26, acquired on 20 May 2004 31.9cm (12 1/8in) diam. The size of the present lot is very unusual for its period, £6,000 - 10,000 whereas smaller dishes, Yongzheng mark and period, can HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000 be found in various collections. Examples are illustrated by R.Krahl and C.von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Lunen, 2003, nos.119 and 120 and in 清雍正 黃釉盤 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款 Chinese Porcelains: The S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, no.140.

46 | Bonhams 32 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ saucer dish Qianlong seal mark and of the period Finely incised in the central medallion with a five- clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst flames, the exterior incised with two dragons alternating with two flaming pearls, all covered in a rich yellow glaze. 14.2cm (5 1/2in) diam.

£3,000 - 4,000 HK$38,000 - 50,000 CNY30,000 - 40,000

清乾隆 黃釉暗刻雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: David Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.4, acquired on 1 November 2002

A pair of yellow incised dishes of very similar design and size, Qianlong seal marks and period, was sold at Sotheby’s London on 7 November 2012, lot 256.

33 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ saucer dish Jiaqing seal mark and of the period Finely incised in the central medallion with a five- clawed dragon amidst cloud scrolls, the exterior with two incised dragons alternating with cloud scrolls, all covered in yellow glaze. 17.2cm (6 3/4in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$19,000 - 25,000 CNY15,000 - 20,000

清嘉慶 黃地暗刻雲龍紋盤 青花「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: Ormonde Gallery Ltd., London, no.314 Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired in 1987 Roy Davids Collection, no.6, acquired on 20 October 2001

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 47 34 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ saucer dish Provenance 來源: Dr. Samuel Grant, USA Daoguang seal mark and of the period S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London The central medallion finely incised with a five-clawed dragon in pursuit Roy Davids Collection, no.10, acquired on 18 October 2011 of a flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls and flames, the exterior with two incised dragons chasing flaming pearls alternating with cloud scrolls and flames, all covered in a rich yellow glaze. 17.3cm (6 3/4in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清道光 黃釉暗刻雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

48 | Bonhams 35 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ saucer dish Daoguang seal mark and of the period The central medallion finely incised with a five- clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls and flames, the exterior with two incised dragons chasing flaming pearls alternating with cloud scrolls and flames, all covered in an even yellow glaze. 17.2 (6 3/4in) diam.

£500 - 1,000 HK$6,300 - 13,000 CNY5,000 - 9,900

清道光 黃釉暗刻雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: Mallett Antiques Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.277, acquired in 1987 Roy Davids Collection, no.17, acquired on 20 October 2001

36 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ saucer dish Guangxu six-character mark and of the period The central medallion finely incised with a five- clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls and flames, the exterior with two incised dragons chasing flaming pearls alternating with cloud scrolls and flames, all covered in a rich yellow glaze. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) diam.

£500 - 1,000 HK$6,300 - 13,000 CNY5,000 - 9,900

清光緒 黃釉暗刻雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清光緒年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Constantinidi Collection Ormonde Gallery Ltd., London Mallett Antiques Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.266, acquired in 1988 Roy Davids Collection, no.8, purchased on 20 October 2001

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 49 37 A yellow-glazed bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period Finely potted, rounded sides rising from a tall foot to the slightly everted mouth, the undecorated bowl covered in a lemon-yellow glaze. 16.1cm (6 1/4in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清道光 黃釉碗 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: Clive D.Collins Collection Deadmill Ltd., Bath Roy Davids Collection, no.11, acquired on 1 July 2009

38 A yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ bowl Guangxu six-character mark and of the period With rounded sides rising up to an everted rim, overall covered in a rich yellow glaze, the exterior incised with five-clawed dragons above cresting waves in pursuit of flaming pearls. 17cm (6 3/4in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清光緒 黃釉暗刻雙龍戲珠紋碗 青花「大清光緒年 製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London, no.481 (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired in 1990 Roy Davids Collection, no.9, purchased on 20 October 2002

50 | Bonhams 39 A small yellow-glazed incised ‘dragons’ bowl Guangxu six-character mark and of the period Thinly potted, covered inside and out in a rich yellow glaze, the exterior incised with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above cresting waves, framed by incised double lines at foot and rim. 12.5cm (5in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清光緒 黃釉暗刻雙龍戲珠紋碗 青花「大清光緒年 製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.22, acquired in the late 1990s

Two bowls very similar in shape, size and design were sold at Christie’s Hong Kong on 28 November 2012, lot 2319.

40 A rare yellow-glazed bowl Xuantong seal mark and of the period The deep sides rising from a tall inverted foot to a slightly everted rim, the undecorated exterior and interior covered in a dark egg-yolk-yellow glaze. 16.1cm (6 3/8in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清宣統 黃釉碗 青花「大清宣統年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: Christie’s London, 14-16 December 1987, lot 346 Ormonde Gallery Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.233, acquired in 1988 Roy Davids Collection, no.13, acquired on 20 October 2001

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 51 41 A large blue-glazed baluster vase, meiping Qianlong The elegant vase covered on the exterior with a deep blue glaze, stopping neatly at the foot and paling slightly at the mouth, the interior glazed white and the base unglazed, wood stand. 42.5cm high (16 1/2in) (2).

£10,000 - 15,000 HK$130,000 - 190,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000

清乾隆 霽藍釉梅瓶

Provenance 來源: Hugh J.Grant and Lucie Mackey Grant Collection Roy Davids Collection, no.91

Hugh J.Grant (1904-1981) was the son of the Hon. Hugh J.Grant (1858-1910), who at the age of 31 was the youngest elected Mayor of New York in the city’s history. The Hon. Hugh J.Grant, probably together with his wife Julia Murphy Grant, appears to have been a collector of Chinese porcelain.

Vases such as the present lot were favoured in both the Ming and Qing dynasties: for a Jiajing period example from the Qing Court Collection, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Shanghai, 1999, no.68. Compare also a similar but smaller, Yongzheng-mark and period meiping vase illustrated in Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, pp.108-9, pl.13.

A similar but slightly smaller (38cm high) blue-glazed meiping, Qianlong, from the E.T.Hall Collection, was sold at Christie’s London, 5 November 2013, lot 432.

52 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 53 42 A powder blue and gilt yenyen vase Kangxi Elaborately gilt on a mottled cobalt-blue ground with four oblong panels, the trumpet neck on one side with a magpie perching on a branch of flowering prunus and the other with drooping chrysanthemum blossoms, the body panels with luxuriant peony and lotus sprays with butterflies hovering above, divided by four leaf-shaped cartouches of fish and butterflies, all reserved on a gilt ground of scrolling flowers. 45.7cm (18in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

清康熙 灑藍地描金花鳥圖鳳尾尊

Provenance 來源: R. & G. McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.68, acquired on 1 December 2006

43 A powder-blue and gilt cylindrical brushpot, bitong Kangxi The exterior depicting in gilt the poet Su Shi and companions in a covered raft in a moonlit river scene amidst a high cliff and pine trees, the reverse inscribed with the poet’s ‘Ode to the Red Cliff’ written in kaishu, wood stand. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清康熙 灑藍地描金東坡赤壁賦筆筒

Provenance 來源: Woolley and Wallis, 15 July 2006, lot 432 Roy Davids Collection, no.75

A similar powder blue and gilt brushpot, also with a scene of ‘The Ode to the Red Cliff’ is illustrated by E.Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, Leipzig, 2001, no.44.

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44 An ‘egg and spinach’-glazed deep bowl Kangxi With rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a flaring rim, decorated with splashes of spinach green, yellow and aubergine on a white ground. 19.2cm (7 1/2in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

清康熙 虎皮三彩撇口碗

Provenance 來源: Carl Kempe Collection Roy Davids Collection, no.102

A bowl of similar shape and sancai decoration, Kangxi mark and period, is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1994, no.78.

45 A large Swatow brown-ground bowl Early 17th century The rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered in an overall rich brown glaze, the central medallion decorated in white slip with five chrysanthemum heads, surrounded by a floral border beneath a wave border at the rim. 32cm (12 3/4in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

十七世紀早期 褐地白花花卉紋碗

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) 45 Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired on 27 March 1995 Roy Davids Collection, no.50

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 55 46 A polychrome ‘chickens’ cylindrical vase, rolwagen 17th century Finely enamelled with a continuous scene of two chickens eyeing each other amidst rocks and flowers, butterflies and insects flying above, all under an iron-red moon. 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

十七世紀 五彩雉雞花卉紋筒瓶

Provenance 來源: a French private collection, by repute S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.137, acquired on 3 November 2009

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son, Ming Porcelain, London, 2009, pp.120-121, no.54

47 A wucai cylindrical vase, rolwagen Circa 1640 Painted in blue and enamelled in shades of iron- red, aubergine, green and yellow with a continuous richly-decorated lotus pond with three cranes amidst aquatic plants and two in flight, all beneath a border of various floral sprays at the neck. 44cm (17 1/4in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

約1640年 五彩蓮池禽戲紋筒瓶

Provenance 來源: S. Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.69, acquired on 28 June 2005

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 57 48 A wucai baluster jar Provenance 來源: a European private The Chinese word for ‘physical phenomena’ Shunzhi collection is xiang, which is a pun on the word for Painted and enamelled with a mountainous Roger Keverne Ltd., London elephant xiang. Illustrations depicting landscape enclosing eight red-haired Roy Davids Collection, no.109 elephants being washed became popular Westerners washing an elephant, and during the late Ming period. The ritual, sao another red-haired man presenting a vase Illustrated 著錄: Roger Keverne Ltd., Fine xiang, symbolised spiritual purification and containing coral to two sages, all below a and Rare Chinese Ceramics: Summer was meant to recover doctrinal orthodoxy border of rocks and flowers at the neck. Exhibition, London, 2011, no.41 during a period of flux and dynastic change. 28cm (11in) high Compare two jars with a similar scenes of £6,000 - 8,000 an elephant being washed illustrated by HK$75,000 - 100,000 CNY59,000 - 79,000 M.Butler, J.B.Curtis and S.Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain, 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, p.94, 清順治 五彩胡人洗象圖罐 fig.2, and p.220, no.72.

58 | Bonhams 49 A wucai square baluster vase Circa 1650 Decorated in underglaze blue and red, green, aubergine and yellow enamels with different scenes of officials and attendants on each of the four sides, surmounted by a slightly-waisted neck with three boys at play amidst rockwork. 37cm (14 1/2in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

約1650年 五彩人物故事圖方瓶

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.60

It is very unusual to find a square-form vase with wucai decoration, however another painted with scenes of Daoist figures, dated 1645-1660, and with very similar shoulder and neck decoration to the present lot, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.78. See also another vase, also with tasselled objects and boys on the shoulder and neck, in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, and illustrated by S.Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period, New York, 1983, p.102, no.44, where the author notes that whilst the shape may have been derived from earlier Transitional vases based on European models, the present wucai type was almost was almost certainly produced for the domestic market.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 59 50 A wucai baluster vase Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, A jar from the Kangxi period with very similar Circa 1660 no.49, purchased from Roger Keverne Ltd., decoration is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Modelled with wide shoulder and slightly London on 17 October 2008 Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the flaring neck, brightly painted and enamelled Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and with a continuous scene of eight ladies in a Illustrated 著錄: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.75. garden pavilion, the shoulder with a frieze of Exhibition 2008, Catalogue, London, 2008, Another related example, Kangxi period, is cracked ice, rocks and flowers around the pp.54-55, no.41 illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics: neck. The New Standard Guide, Singapore, 1996, 28cm (11in) high no.644.

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

約1660年 五彩庭園仕女圖罐

60 | Bonhams 51 A large wucai baluster jar Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., Shunzhi London Heavily potted, depicting a terraced garden Roy Davids Collection, no.129, acquired on scene with a seated dignitary accompanied 10 November 2005 by two standing female attendants holding a fan, giving an audience to a visitor with a soldier standing behind him, all flanked by other attendants and armed soldiers, the scene divided by scrolling clouds and pine trees, all beneath a border of chrysanthmums and peonies springing from rockwork. 34.6cm (13 1/2in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清順治 五彩人物故事圖罐

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 61 52 A famille verte rouleau vase Kangxi Vividly enamelled with two meticulously armoured warriors catching a four-clawed mythical beast in a river with a sword and a spear encircled by jagged rocks below a gilt sun, all beneath a floral band at the shoulder and bamboo stalks at the neck. 23.9cm (9 1/2in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖棒槌小瓶

Provenance 來源: Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.171 (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.63

62 | Bonhams 53 A famille verte rouleau vase Kangxi Painted with a standing lady holding a boy with a ruyi in his hands, with a maiden next to her offering a blanket, surrounded by two boys holding a lotus basket and playing in a garden, the other side set with a potted bonsai tree on a large table, all beneath four flowerheads reserved on a diaper ground at the shoulder and bamboo sprays at the neck. 24.2cm (9 1/2in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 五彩仕女嬰戲圖棒槌小瓶

Provenance 來源: Mrs Harrison Williams Collection, New York Allen J.Mercher Collection Sold by Tonying & Company, New York Cyrus and Mildred Churchill Collection, Moleen, Illinois Sotheby’s New York, The Concordia Sale, 19 March 2007, lot 152 Roy Davids Collection, no.61, purchased from S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London, on 25 June 2009 (label)

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, 2009

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 63 54 A fine and rare famille verte baluster vase Exhibited 展出: Victoria and Albert Museum, The Mount Trust Kangxi Collection, 1970, Catalogue no.103 The sides rising up to high shoulders and galleried rim, the body finely Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the enamelled with a continuous scene of elegant court ladies engaged in Collection of the T.Y.Chao Family Foundation, 1978, Catalogue no.68 various activities, including painting and playing weiqi, a table holding Previously on loan to the Denver Museum of Art from 1995 to 2005 antiquities in the background, the slightly waisted neck with two floral S.Marchant and Son, Recent Acquisitions, 2006, no.31 sprays of chrysanthemum and peony beneath a key-fret border along the rim, fitted box. Illustrated 著錄: R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, London, 2011, 42.8cm (16 7/8in) high (2). front cover

£80,000 - 110,000 Martin Erdman (d.1937) was a banker in New York, with such an HK$1,000,000 - 1,400,000 CNY790,000 - 1,100,000 extensive art collection that he purchased two lots on East 55th Street to erect a single five-storey house to display it; the property is now occupied by the Friars Club. When Christie’s sold many of his works 清康熙 五彩仕女圖瓶 of art in London in 1937, 129 lots of Chinese porcelain dominated the first day of sales including the present lot. Provenance 來源: The Collection of Martin Erdman, New York Captain Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson (d.1968) served in the Rifle Brigade Christie’s London, 18 November 1937, lot 45 in 1917, and later became a director of Rothschilds. He started to Mallet & Sons, London collect Chinese porcelain and works of art around 1951, particularly The Collection of Captain Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson, who formed from Sparks, London, although it is possible that the present lot was The Mount Trust Collection purchased earlier directly from Mallets, London. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The T.Y.Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part One, 18 November 1986, lot 123 An American private collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.115, acquired on 6 April 2011

64 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 65 The present vase is notable for its lively enamelling style with the In later Imperial Chinese society, women were confined to the numerous ladies exquisitely detailed, their delicate features offset by home and were not encouraged to be educated. During the late richly patterned robes and extravagant gilt jewellery, revealing their Ming dynasty however, against a background of social change and high cultural status and wealth. The scenes are also extraordinarily economic prosperity, some women managed to challenge these dynamic, with the tall figures filling the surface, and very actively conventions. The famous late Ming philosopher Li Zhi (1527-1602) involved in their chosen pursuits, whether dipping the brush in the ink even declared in his ironically titled Book to be Burned that women for the next stroke of a half-finished painting, or reaching into a pot were equally intelligent to men and he even took on female students, for another weiqi counter. The confident use of the entire body of the much to general surprise. Celebrity courtesans accomplished in the vase for the large figural groupings, contrasting with the simple border genteel arts of music and literature entered male society, heralding designs, may suggest an early date in the Kangxi reign: see R.Kerr, a new model of feminine identity almost equal to the male literati. Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, The present vase reflects this unusual emergence of accomplished 1986, p.98. females, and celebrates them as being knowledgeable and intellectually engaged, whilst still being refined, delicate and attractively A very similar vase in form and decoration to the present vase, and feminine. See S.McCausland and Lizhong Ling, Telling Images of possibly its pair, from The Salting Bequest and now in the collection of China: Narrative and Figure Paintings 15th-20th Century from the the Victoria and Albert Museum, reference c.1244-1910, illustrated by Shanghai Museum, London, 2010, pp.65-7. R.Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, p.99, no.77. Another similar vase, also with ladies engaged in the Four Accomplishments, from The Salting Bequest but with a figure of Li The vase is also particularly to be treasured for its subject matter, Tieguai on the neck, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert not only for its lively depiction of the Four Elegant Accomplishments Museum, reference c.11246-1910. See also a related Kangxi vase of painting, calligraphy, playing the qin and playing weiqi, but in depicting ladies engaged in the Four Elegant Accomplishments, see particular for its depiction of refined ladies enjoying these pursuits. The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong The Four Elegant Accomplishments were codified as highly esteemed Kong, 1995, no.93. Another example from the Grandidier Collection cultural activities suitable for the Chinese scholar gentleman, and it is and now in the Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet is illustrated accordingly unusual to see women engaging thus in such activities. by M-C.Rey, Les Très Riches Heures de la Cour de Chine, Paris, 2006, no.35. Another smaller vase, but with a more restrained treatment of the ladies’ pursuits, from the bequest of Benjamin Altman, is exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, reference 14.40.88.

Image courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

66 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 67 55 A massive famille verte dish The spectacular size of the present lot, quite possibly one of the Jiajing six-character mark, Kangxi largest examples known, is emphasised by the decoration of a single The interior skillfully enamelled with a vivid garden scene showing scene unconstrained by decorative borders. The scene depicts court ladies in pavilions observing the poet Pan Yue being wheeled in the poet Pan Yue (247-300 AD) whose name in Chinese became a a sedan chair pushed by attendants, framed by rocks and trees, all byword for handsome men. The Book of Jin states that Pan was so under a red sun. handsome that women surrounded him whenever he went out for an 56cm (22in) diam. excursion, throwing gifts of fans, scarfs, and fruits. Here the cramped women crane from balconies and doorways to catch a glimpse of the £4,000 - 6,000 handsome poet, who is nevertheless inaccessible to them, divided by HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000 the open space and able to depart from their constrained lives in his wheeled sedan.

清康熙 五彩庭園仕女圖盤 青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款 The same motif also appears on a vase in the Rijksmuseum collection, see Christiaan J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, Roy Davids Collection, no.136, acquired on 12 August 2010 1997, pp.150-1, no.161.

Illustrated 著錄: S.Marchant and Son, Recent Acquisitions, London, 2010, pp.32-33, no.20

68 | Bonhams 56 A famille verte ‘Liuhai and the Hehe Erxian’ rouleau vase Kangxi The cylindrical body vividly painted in the famille verte palette with a continuous scene of Liu Hai holding his three legged toad and another Immortal carrying a long string of gold coins, facing them are the Hehe Erxian, the twin Immortals of harmony and union carrying a lotus and a box, the figures framed by gnarling pine trees and craggy rocks, the shoulder with four cartouches each containing two butterflies, the neck enamelled with a landscape of mountains and water, a lone gentleman gazing out from his secluded pavilion. 48.3cm (19in) high.

£8,000 - 12,000 HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

清康熙 五彩劉海戲金蟾棒槌瓶

The delicate enamelling on the present lot depicts central characters from Chinese mythology. Liuhai is am Immortal who is regarded as the god of wealth, and is often seen carrying a string of cash, or accompanied by his three-legged toad. He is said to have once been the Han dynasty prime minister Kiu Yuanying, or Haichanzi, and he was enlightened in a flash during a chance meeting with a Daoist adept.

The Hehe Erxian, known as the Laughing Twins, typically carry a box and a lotus. They were also considered to be historic figures: the poet monks Hanshan and Shide of the Tang dynasty, who were such mirthful beings that the Yongzheng Emperor designated them as the Immortals of Unity and Harmony in 1733.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 69 57 A famille verte saucer dish Provenance 來源: Edward James Foundation, West Dean Park, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Sussex Extensively enamelled in the interior with an elaborate basket of leafy Christie’s London, 3 and 4 June 1986, The Edward James Collection, flowers including peonies, chrysanthemums, hydranga, lotus and Vol.II, lot 835 prunus. Roy Davids Collection, no.124 23.8cm (9 3/8in) diam. A related example with similar decoration, Kangxi period but £3,000 - 5,000 unmarked, was sold at Christie’s New York on 27 January 2014, lot HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000 315.

清康熙 五彩花籃紋盤 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

70 | Bonhams 58 A famille verte engraved ‘dragons The decorative style of the present lot is particularly pleasing, with and pomegranate’ saucer dish layers of complexity only revealed upon close inspection. The boldly Kangxi six-character mark and of the period enamelled pomegranate and peac fruit represent the wish for many Decorated on the interior with vivacious green, yellow and aubergine sons and long life, respectively, whilst the subtly incised anhua five- enamels depicting branches bearing fine leaves and luscious fruits, clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls of wisdom speak of imperial the exterior similarly enamelled with polychrome blossoms, all on an power. incised ground of snarling five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, just visible under the enamels. 25.2cm (9 3/4in) diam. A very similar dish is illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Supplement, Taipei, 1976, no.40, £12,000 - 18,000 and another is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from HK$150,000 - 230,000 CNY120,000 - 180,000 the Meiyintang Collection,, Volume Four (II), London, 1994, no.1818. Another from the Inder Rieden Collection was sold in these rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 77. 清康熙 五彩花果刻龍紋盤 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Colonel Richard Poyser Collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired on 19 May 2004 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.145

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 71 59 A fine famille verte rouleau vase Kangxi The body boldly enamelled in green, iron-red, aubergine and yellow with twenty-four figures in a pavilion overlooking a garden landscape, all beneath four cartouches on the sloping shoulder containing emblems, the neck enamelled with a continuous mountain and river scene. 43.5cm (17in) high

£30,000 - 50,000 HK$380,000 - 630,000 CNY300,000 - 500,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖棒槌瓶

Provenance 來源: Victor Sullivan Collection Woolley and Wallis, 15 July 2005, lot 347 Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.38, acquired on 20 June 2009

The scene depicts a celebration of the birthday of General Guo Ziyi (697-781) of the Tang dynasty. Guo Ziyi was famous for quelling the An Lushan rebellion as well as repelling Tibetan invasions. He lived to the age of 85 and became known in popular folklore as a God of Wealth and Prosperity. For a Kangxi period vase also with a scene of the celebration of a birthday in the Palace Museum, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p.18, no.14.

For a related rouleau vase see Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.192-3, no.125.

72 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 73 60 A famille verte dish Kangxi The broad shallow dish enamelled with a large central medallion containing five sages in a garden landscape, surrounded by a border of flowerheads and scrolling foliage. 35.5cm (14in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 五彩高士圖盤

Provenance 來源: Ralph M.Chait Galleries, New York (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.139, acquired on 7 October 2011

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61 A famille verte circular plaque Kangxi The front enamelled with figures in an interior decorated with panelled landscape screens and a green and beige tiled floor, within a floral border, wood frame. 27cm (10 1/2in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$19,000 - 25,000 CNY15,000 - 20,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖圓形瓷板

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.16, acquired on 19 June 2009

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London, Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, 2009, no.79

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74 | Bonhams 62 A famille verte dish Kangxi Brightly enamelled with a bearded sage putting a chrysanthemum in his hair next to a kneeling boy in a garden with jardinières of chrysanthemum, plantain and rockwork below a gilt moon, surrounded by a key-fret border, all below a band of three pairs of butterflies alternating with floral sprays at the rim. 34.8cm (13 3/4in) diam.

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖盤

Provenance 來源: S. Marchant & Son Ltd., London, purchased on 5 May 2006 Roy Davids Collection, no.52

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63 A large famille verte dish Kangxi Enamelled vividly in the central with female musicians and dancers entertaining a seated Court lady, surrounded by six vibrant panels containing various antiquities. 37cm (14 1/2in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清康熙 五彩仕女樂舞圖盤

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence, acquired in June 2006 (label) Woolley & Wallis, 19 May 2010, lot 66 Roy Davids Collection, no.144

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 75 64 A famille verte baluster vase Kangxi Vividly enamelled with a continuous scene with a supplicant approaching a superbly armoured commander surrounded by warriors and ladies in a pavilion overlooking a garden landscape, the scene divided by cloud scrolls containing an incised inscription, the shoulder decorated with iron-red lotus flowerheads on a green scroll ground, beneath a continuous bamboo and rockwork scene around the neck, wood stand. 45.5cm (17 7/8in) high (2).

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖瓶

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired on 7 August 2000 S.Marchant and Son, London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.40, acquired on 16 November 2010

The incised characters on the body read:

霞湖 Xia Hu 峰山曾公 Feng Shan Zeng Gong

公會喜捨 Gong Hui Xi She

which may be translated as ‘Given by the association to Mr. Zeng of Fengshan, Xiahu’.

A related vase, of similar shape and style of enamelling and dated to the late 17th century, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.161.

76 | Bonhams 65 A famille verte rouleau vase Kangxi Vividly decorated in enamels of bright tone with a pair of confronted birds flying above blooming chrysanthemum borne on undulating leafy stems, with a cricket and a praying mantis perching on leaves below butterflies in flight, all between a border of petal lappets below and bands of ruyi heads, key- fret and upright leaves above. 46.5cm (18 1/4in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

清康熙 五彩花鳥紋棒槌瓶

Provenance 來源: the Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides Collection, Buxted Park, Sussex Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2011, lot 506 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.126, acquired on 16 November 2011

The liveliness and delicacy of the enamlled birds on the present lot is particularly fine. A vase with related elegant decoration of birds is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1994, no.24.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 77 66 A famille verte tall slender baluster vase Kangxi Elegantly enamelled with four ladies admiring a baby in a terrace, surrounded by plantain, bamboo and rockwork, the neck decorated with two men in sampans within a riverscape setting. 45.8cm (18in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 五彩庭園仕女圖瓶

Provenance 來源: acquired by the grandfather of the previous owners, at Whampoa, Guangdong, circa 1890-1920’s, thence by descent within the family Christie’s New York, 15 September 2009, lot 376 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.110, acquired on 16 October 2009

78 | Bonhams 67 A famille verte trumpet- necked baluster vase Kangxi Finely enamelled with a continuous scene of warriors in a garden pavilion beneath four cartouches on the sloping shoulder, the neck with a decorative band with ruyi heads. 45cm (17 3/4in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖觀音尊

Provenance 來源: Ralph M.Chait Galleries, New York (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.39, acquired on 7 October 2011

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 79 68 A large famille verte ‘Xiwangmu’ saucer dish Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Finely enamelled in the centre with Xiwangmu, the Goddess of Longevity, and a chariot with deer, with three bats flying above, framed by two underglaze blue double circles, the reverse decorated with a pattern of shou characters. 39cm (15 3/8in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 五彩西王母圖盤 青花「大明成化年製」楷 書款

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.138, acquired on 8 June 2003

The present lot, depicting Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, and a symbol of longevity, would have been considered most suitable as a birthday gift for Court lady. Compare a very similar dish in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no.102, and another illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, no.98.

68 69 A wucai dish Early Kangxi The straight sides rising to a flared rim, the central medallion painted in underglaze blue and finely enamelled with a phoenix flying above a qilin besides bamboo, rockwork and flowers, a floral border at the rim, the base with a phoenix enclosed in a pentafoil medallion. 30.5cm (12in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

清康熙早期 五彩鳳凰麒麟紋盤

Provenance 來源: J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection (label), acquired on 27 June 2005 Woolley & Wallis, 19 May 2010, lot 81 Roy Davids Collection, no.130

A similar example, Kangxi period c.1700,, is illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no.110.

70 A large famille verte ‘lotus pond’ baluster jar and cover Kangxi Well potted, the rounded sides rising up to a straight rim decorated with a band of floral sprays, the body finely enamelled with a continuous lotus pond scene showing butterflies and birds flying over a pond with blossoming lotus flowers and two herons, the cover also decorated with lotus flowers and butterflies. 69 59cm (23 1/4in) high (2).

£10,000 - 15,000 HK$130,000 - 190,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000

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Provenance 來源: Galleria Accorsi, Turin The present lot is notable for its free and A similar vase and cover, dated c.1720, Alfredo Guazzone, Genova exuberant use of the available space, is illustrated in Eastern Ceramics and Eskenazi Ltd., London (label) unrestrained by the relative proportions Other Works of Art from the Collection of Roy Davids Collection, no.122, acquired on of real flowers and birds; the effect is to Gerald Reitlinger, Ashmolean Museum, 22 February 2012 create an impression of a fantastical scene, Oxford, 1981, no.117. Another example full of energy and life. The lotus is strongly in the Groninger Museum is published by associated with purity and numbers among C.J.A.Jörg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism. in Green Enamels, Lier, Belgium, 2011, no.65, Since the lotus is the attribute of He Xiangu, where the author notes that the Groninger one of the Eight Immortals, it can also be piece was probably once part of a set of five interpreted as a Daoist symbol of longevity. with the Ashmolean piece, and it seems likely that the present lot too can be included in such a set.

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 81 73 A famille verte lobed dish Kangxi Vividly and brightly enamelled with a qilin confronting a phoenix in flight amidst cloud scrolls in a setting of rockwork and plantain, encircled by eight cartouches decorated with four various beasts alternating with floral sprays. 36cm (14 1/4in) diam.

£600 - 1,000 HK$7,500 - 13,000 CNY5,900 - 9,900

清康熙 五彩珍禽異獸圖瓣式盤

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.104, acquired on 14 May 2001 Roy Davids Collection, no.51

74 A famille verte dish Kangxi Enamelled in the central well with an intimate scene depicting two female musicians observed by a third lady holding a fan, surrounded by vibrant panels containing warriors, scholars and the Monkey King, all beneath a band of chrysanthemums on a cell and diaper ground, the white exterior embellished with sprigs of prunus. 71 35cm (13 3/4in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

清康熙 五彩仕女圖盤 71 A famille verte saucer dish Provenance 來源: Woolley and Wallis, 19 May 2010, lot 63 Kangxi S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) The interior delicately enamelled with a lotus bloom and other aquatic Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.197, acquired on 30 July 2010 plants in a pond, surrounded by a border enclosing six peony Roy Davids Collection, no.146 blossoms, all beneath a reticulated band of interlocking cash pattern. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam. The Journey to the West is a popular Chinese novel telling of the adventures of the Monkey King and his companions Pig and Horse, £1,000 - 1,500 during their travels to India to bring the Buddhist scriptures to the HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000 Emperor. A related dish with a similar scene of lute-playing in the centre surrounded by cartouches with scenes from Journey to the 清康熙 五彩蓮池圖鏤雕盤 West, dated to the late 17th century, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Provenance 來源: Ralph M.Chait Galleries Ltd., New York The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.165. Roy Davids Collection, no.64, acquired on 7 October 2011 (label) 75 72 A famille verte octagonal dish Kangxi A famille verte lobed dish Kangxi Enamelled in the central well with a pair of birds, one gazing at its The central well enamelled with a basket of flowers on a ruyi pedestal, partner swooping elegantly downwards through the air amongst encircled by a border of various objects within cartouches on cell luxuriant pine and peony, all surrounded by a border of peony and pattern and geometric grounds, the lobed rim with large lappet- phoenix on a seeded green ground. shaped cartouches containing flowers, the exterior enamelled with edr 31.5cm (12 1/4in) wide sprigs of prunus. 36.5cm (14 1/4in) diam. £1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000 £1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000 清康熙 五彩花鳥紋八方盤

清康熙 五彩花籃紋瓣式盤 Provenance 來源: Seymour Robert Delme Collection (label) Christie’s, Cams Hall, Fareham, 7 July 1894 Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, no.148 R. & G.McPherson, London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.147, acquired on 19 June 2009

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 83 76 A famille verte square conical bowl Li Taibai, also known as Li Bai, is one of the best known poets from Kangxi the Tang period, and is often depicted in a state of drunken inspiration. Each side and the interior of the bowl well enamelled with the drunken Together with Du Fu, he was part of a group known as the ‘Eight poet Li Taibai sitting next to a wine pot in progressive stages of Immortals of the Wine Cup’, who drank to an unusual degree, even for inebriation. eccentric Chinese poets. Li Bai was the one who most tirelessly and 9cm (3 1/2in) square enthusiastically celebrated wine in his verse, one of his most famous poems being ‘Waking From Drunkenness on a Spring Day’. £600 - 1,000 HK$7,500 - 13,000 cny5,900 - 9,900

清康熙 五彩太白醉酒圖四方碗

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.80, acquired on 4 March 2010

84 | Bonhams 77 A famille verte rectangular box and cover Provenance 來源: Reginald Cory Collection Kangxi Alfred and Ivy Clark Collection, no.499 (label) The box surrounded by an outer case with intricately reticulated friezes Sotheby’s London, The Property of Mrs Alfred Clark, of floral and cash diaper enamelled in green, the cover decorated with 25 March 1975, lot 119 an elegant lady drinking tea seated on a rock, looking at goldfish in a Sydney L.Moss Ltd., London(label) fishbowl, the interior divided into three compartments. Solveig and Anita Gray Ltd., London, with label reading 15.8cm (6 1/8in) long (2). ‘U63 Famille Verte’ James E.Sowell Ltd., inventory number PO33 (label) £4,000 - 6,000 Cohen and Cohen Ltd., London, illustrated in their catalogue Tiptoe HK$50,000 - 75,000 cny40,000 - 59,000 through the Tulipieres, 2008, no.10, on consignment from James Sowell Roy Davids Collection, no.101, purchased from Cohen and Cohen on 清康熙 五彩鏤雕仕女圖長方蓋盒 17 June 2009

Illustrated 著錄: R.L.Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, plate XXXV, fig.2 Edgar E. Bluett, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, 1933-1934, Apollo Magazine

Exhibited 展出: British Antique Dealers Association, Art Treasures Exhibition, held at Christie’s, 1932 (label) Oriental Ceramic Society, Arts of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1964, no.132, pl.51 and p.58 as in the collection of Mrs Alfred Clark Grosvenor House, no.57 (label)

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 85 78 A famille verte wine cup Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi The bowl amusingly enamelled with a continuous scene of children at play, variously flying a kite, spinning a top, catching butterflies, playing a board game and blind man’s bluff. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam.

£600 - 1,000 HK$7,500 - 13,000 cny5,900 - 9,900

清康熙 五彩嬰戲圖小杯 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: John Drew Collection (label) R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.95, acquired on 16 June 2009

79 80 A famille verte powder-blue-ground punch bowl A famille verte turquoise-ground bowl Kangxi Kangxi Brightly enamelled on the exterior with twelve petal-shaped cartouches Vividly enamelled with butterflies in flight amidst blossoming branches, rising from the foot enclosing qilin, phoenix, birds and flowers, all reserved on a mottled turquoise ground, the interior with a peony below gilt lotus blooms and scrolling foliage, the interior medallion sprig. 24.1cm (9 1/2in) diam. with chrysanthemum branches in a terrace encircled by a band of butterflies amidst floral sprays. 29.7cm (11 3/4in) diam. £1,500 - 2,000 HK$19,000 - 25,000 cny15,000 - 20,000 £3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 cny30,000 - 50,000 清康熙 松石綠地五彩花蝶紋碗

清康熙 灑藍地五彩開光瑞獸紋大碗 Provenance 來源: Samuel C.Davis Collection St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri, accession number Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London 1112.40 Roy Davids Collection, no.107 J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.106, acquired on 20 June 2008

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81 A large grisaille and sepia ‘fox-hunting scene’ punch bowl Qianlong Carefully drawn in delicate lines in a pencilled style with five equestrian Westerners fox hunting with a pack of hounds, amidst a hilly landscape surrounded by wutong and pine trees, wood stand. 39.3cm (15 1/2in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 cny30,000 - 50,000 A related example with the same decoration though of different shape, Kangxi, is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing 清乾隆 墨彩狩獵圖大碗 Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1994, no.35.

Provenance 來源: the collection of Roger and Jill Bichard of A pair of bowls with similar decoration from the Inder Rieden Seend House, Wiltshire Collection, Kangxi marks and of the period, sold in these rooms, S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London 10 November 2011, lot 89. Roy Davids Collection, no.111, acquired on 4 October, 2012 83 82 A famille jaune ‘lotus pond’ bowl An iron-red and black ‘Immortals’ bowl Early Kangxi Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Thinly potted, the exterior vividly enamelled with lotus flowers in green, Thinly potted, the slightly inverted sides rising to a flared rim, the white and aubergine on a lemon-yellow ground, the interior with a exterior finely enamelled with a continuous band of iron-red Immortals lingzhi spray on an attractive emerald-green ground, wood stand. amongst animals, the details heightened in black and green enamel. 19.5cm (7 3/4in) diam. (2). 20.7cm (8 1/4in) diam. £800 - 1,200 £2,000 - 3,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000 cny7,900 - 12,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 cny20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 礬紅道仙圖碗 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款 清康熙早期 黃地五彩荷蓮紋碗

Provenance 來源: Sir Frederick Claude Stern Collection Provenance 來源: Samuel C.Davis Collection (label) Christie’s London, 14 November 2008, lot 212 St.Louis Art Museum, Missouri, no.1083.40 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.43, acquired on 8 December 2008 Roy Davids Collection, no.131, acquired on 23 January 2007

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 89 84 A green and aubergine-glazed yellow- ground ‘dragons’ saucer dish Daoguang seal mark and of the period Thinly potted, the centre of the interior incised with two five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames within a double-circle border, framed by six floral sprays and fruiting sprigs, the exterior with two dragons in mutual pursuit divided by lingzhi. 10.6cm (4 1/8in) diam. Bowls with green five-clawed dragons on a yellow ground like the £1,500 - 2,500 present lot were used by a fourth-rank consort, fei. For a similar HK$19,000 - 31,000 example see Chinese Porcelain: The S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, CNY15,000 - 25,000 Part II, Hong Kong, 1987, p.140, no.97. A smaller example with very similar design, Yongzheng mark and period, is illustrated by C.Ho and 清道光 黃地紫綠彩雙龍戲珠紋盤 紫彩「大清道光年製」篆書款 B.Bronson in Splendors of China’s Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) of Emperor Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, p.204, no.251. Roy Davids Collection, no.3 86 An example similar in size and design, Daoguang seal mark and A yellow and green-enamelled bowl period, is illustrated by S.Kwan, Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing Jiaqing seal mark and of the period from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no.59. With rounded sides rising from a tall foot, covered overall in a yellow glaze, the exterior finely incised with birds amidst flowering and fruiting 85 peach trees heightened in green enamel, all between incised lines at A ‘green and yellow’-glazed incised ‘dragons’ bowl foot and rim. 12.4cm (4 7/8in) diam. Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period The rounded sides rising from a tall foot, the exterior covered in a £1,500 - 2,000 lemon-yellow glaze, finely incised with two five-clawed dragons in HK$19,000 - 25,000 cny15,000 - 20,000 pursuit of flaming pearls amidst flames and cloud scrolls heightened in green enamel, a band of ruyi along the rim. 14.1cm (5 1/2in) diam. 清嘉慶 黃地綠彩果鳥紋碗 黑彩「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款 £3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 cny30,000 - 50,000 Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.470, acquired on 清雍正 黃地綠彩雙龍戲珠紋碗 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款 20 March 1989 (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.5, acquired on 20 October 2001 Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.349, acquired on 24 October 1987 A similar bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and period, was sold at Christie’s Roy Davids Collection, no.7, acquired on 20 October 2001 Hong Kong on 27 May 2008, lot 1774.

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 91 87 A coral-ground ‘five bats’ bowl Provenance 來源: St. Louis Art Museum (label), accession no.269:15 Chenghua six-character mark, Yongzheng Sotheby’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 476 Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot to a straight rim, S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) the white interior finely enamelled with five iron-red bats in flight, the Roy Davids Collection, no.128, acquired on 6 October 2006 exterior covered in a rich coral glaze. 22.3cm (8 3/4in) diam. Five bats wufu 五蝠 represent the wish ‘May the Five Blessings £2,000 - 3,000 descend upon this home’. The Five Blessings are old age, wealth, HK$25,000 - 38,000 cny20,000 - 30,000 health, love of virtue and a peaceful death and were first mentioned in an ancient text from the Warring States period. 清雍正 珊瑚紅地五蝠紋碗 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

92 | Bonhams 88 A blue and white and iron-red ‘dragons’ dish A pair of very similar Daoguang dishes, also cyclically dated to gengxu Daoguang six-character mark cyclically dated gengxu year year, 1850, is illustrated by S.Kwan, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing (corresponding to AD1850) and of the period From the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, p.56, no.24. Another The interior medallion decorated with an iron-red five-clawed dragon pair, Daoguang six-character mark and period and cyclically dated to writhing amid underglaze-blue clouds, the underside with similar gengxu year, 1850, were sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, decoration. 16cm (6 1/4in) diam. lot 2058.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 cny9,900 - 15,000

清道光 青花紅彩雲龍紋盤 礬紅「道光庚戌年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.103, acquired on 17 June 2008

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89 A doucai ‘month’ cup A similar cup, part of a full set of twelve, is in the Percival David Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Collection and was illustrated by S.Pierson, Percival David Foundation Delicately potted with flaring sides, enamelled with two clusters of of Chinese Art, London, 2002, p.84, pl.86. According to R.Scott in For flowering narcissus, rockwork and three long iron-red rose blossoms. the Imperial Court Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation 6cm (2 3/8in) diam. of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 1997, p.83 the design of the present lot with narcissus and a single rose represents the eleventh month. £600 - 1,000 However, another similar example, Kangxi period and part of a full set, HK$7,500 - 13,000 cny5,900 - 9,900 is described as representing the twelfth month: see R.Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), Hong Kong, 2010, no.1739. 清康熙 鬥彩花神杯 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.94, acquired on 11 September 2008

94 | Bonhams 90 A doucai saucer dish A very similar pair of dishes, Yongzheng mark and period, is illustrated Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Well potted, the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the central Emperors: A Selection From the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong medallion enamelled with scrolling iron-red peony rising from Kong, 2004, no.30. Another example of similar size and shape was ornamental scrolls painted in underglaze blue, all within a double sold at Christie’s Hong Kong on 30 November 2011, lot 2932. A circle, the exterior similar. slightly bigger example with a similar design is illustrated by J.Ayers, 15.6cm (6 1/8in) diam. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, no.210. £4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 cny40,000 - 59,000

清雍正 鬥彩纏枝花卉紋盤 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.28, acquired on 17 June 2009

Illustrated 著錄: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, 2009, p.53, no.41

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 95 91 A large famille rose deep basin The theme of beautiful women picking lotus flowers from a lake was Yongzheng popular with poets, playwrights and artists in Imperial China as an Finely enamelled with elegant palace ladies in boats plucking lotus activity representing hedonistic pleasure at court. This stems from the flowers from the lake while the Emperor looks on with pleasure beside story of King Fuchai of Wu (r. 495-473 BC) and his infatuation with his favourite concubine beneath a covered pavilion, the flat everted the legendary beauty and femme fatale Xi Shi who plucked lotus on lipped rim finely decorated with six cartouches containing peony, the lake. The King was so bewitched by her beauty that he neglected chrysanthemum or hibiscus on a lotus flowerhead ground stippled affairs of state, and his kingdom collapsed. with white magnolia and hibiscus. 41.5cm (16 1/4in) diam. This motif would be employed again for the Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) who was also in love with another femme fatale, the Imperial £6,000 - 10,000 Consort Yang Guifei, who bathed at the Huaqing pool reserved for HK$75,000 - 130,000 cny59,000 - 99,000 emperors and where lotus were placed to recreate the scene. The emperor claimed that even the lotus was not as beautiful as his concubine Yang Guifei. Yang Guifei’s influence in court eventually 清雍正 粉彩人物故事圖大盤 stirred the An Lushan rebellion, from which the Tang imperial family would never completely recover. Provenance 來源: a Swedish family collection, by repute S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) A famille verte rouleau vase with a similar design described as ‘The Roy Davids Collection, no.87, acquired on 18 March 2011 Emperor Xuanzong standing beside Yang Guifei, the most beautiful woman in China looking on at ladies picking lotus flowers’ is illustrated A basin painted with a similar subject probably dating from the late by Wang Qingzheng in Kangxi Porcelain Ware from the Shanghai Kangxi period, the bequest of Mr and Mrs J.C.J.Druker-Fraser, 1944, Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, no.127, pp.196-7. is illustrated by C.J.A.Jorg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, no.174, p.159. A large Yongzheng dish painted with a similar scene is illustrated by Dr.G.C.Williamson in The Book of Famille Rose, Tokyo, 1927, pl.XLIV.

96 | Bonhams 92 A large famille rose baluster jar Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London Yongzheng Roy Davids Collection, no.70, acquired on 10 April 2003 Heavily potted and boldly decorated in vibrant enamels with a continuous lotus pond scene depicting cranes and butterflies in flight, with ducks and crustaceans swimming amidst lotus flowers, water weeds and other aquatic plants, between a petal lappet border below and bands of crustaceans and flowers above. 48.2cm (19in) high

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 cny59,000 - 99,000

清雍正 粉彩蓮池禽戲圖罐

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 97 93 A famille rose lobed plate Iron-red Jiang Zhenglong zhi seal mark, early 19th century Superbly enamelled with an elderly figure and a lady in a terraced garden discussing a hanging scroll portrait of a female, accompanied by two attendants, encircled by a band of meticulously rendered butterflies flying amidst various floral branches, the underside with four iron-red bats reserved on a turquoise ground. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 cny9,900 - 15,000

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Provenance 來源: the collection of John Reeves, FRS (1774-1856) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.117, acquired on 6 August 2010 (label) 93

94 A famille rose yellow- ground saucer dish Iron-red Tongzhi four-character mark and of the period The interior with a dense pattern of red xi characters, the exterior decorated with famille rose floral sprays. 28.5cm (11 1/4in) diam.

£500 - 1,000 HK$6,300 - 13,000 cny5,000 - 9,900

清同治 黃地粉彩紅喜字紋盤 礬紅「同治年製」楷 書款

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection (label), no.131 Roy Davids Collection, no.2

Other matching pieces with iron-red xi characters on a yellow ground, including zhadou, bowls and a small dish, are illustrated in Guanyangyuci: Gugongbowuguanzang, Beijing, 2007, fig.19, pp.108-111.

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£4,000 - 7,000 HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000

清雍正 粉彩仕女樂舞圖棒槌瓶

Provenance 來源: S. Marchant and Son Ltd., London, Roy Davids Collection, no. 67, acquired on 2 May 2008 (label)

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 99 96 A famille rose coral-ground bowl A bowl of similar shape and design, Daoguang seal mark and Daoguang seal mark and of the period period, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing From the Kwan Decorated with three floral cartouches containing peony blooms on Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no.51. Another example showing delicately curling stems and acanthus leaves, all on a vibrant coral-red the 18th century inspiration for the present lot and with a Qianlong ground. seal mark and of the period, is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art 11cm (4 3/8in) diam. Chinese Ceramics IV Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no.167.

£600 - 1,000 Two similar bowls from the Daoguang period were sold at Christie’s HK$7,500 - 13,000 cny5,900 - 9,900 Hong Kong on 1 June 2011, lot 3737 and 29 May 2013, lot 2300.

清道光 珊瑚紅地粉彩開光牡丹紋碗 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: Clive D.Collins Collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Deadmill Ltd., Bath Roy Davids Collection, no.96, acquired on 5 April 2010

100 | Bonhams 97 A pair of famille rose and gilt apple-green- ground bowls and saucers Iron-red Daoguang seal marks and of the period Each saucer enamelled with three figures in a lively garden scene, the reverse covered in an attractive apple-green glaze, the exterior of each bowl skillfully enamelled with a continuous figural scene, all under a gilt border. The saucers 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. (4).

£8,000 - 12,000 HK$100,000 - 150,000 cny79,000 - 120,000

清道光 粉彩描金人物故事圖碗及盤 礬紅「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: John Reeves Collection, FRS (1774-1856) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, nos.114 and 116, acquired on 26 July 2010

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98 A famille rose blue-ground ‘Eighteen Luohans’ punch bowl Qianlong, with later European enamels The deep rounded sides rising up from a tall foot, the exterior finely enamelled with the Eighteen Luohans, all on a rich blue ground, the interior with a central floral composition and European painted flower sprays. 39.5cm (15 1/2in) diam.

£600 - 1,000 HK$7,500 - 13,000 cny5,900 - 9,900

清乾隆 藍地粉彩十八羅漢圖碗

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.142, acquired on 3 April 2006

99 A famille rose armorial dish Qianlong Enamelled boldly in the central well with a coat of arms below a red griffin and serpent crest, all within a gilt foliage band, a further griffin crest on the rim, encircled by a delicate fleur-de-lys gilt border. 35.5cm (14in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$19,000 - 25,000 cny15,000 - 20,000

清乾隆 粉彩西洋盾徽大盤

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London 99 Roy Davids Collection, no.149, acquired on 9 August 2005

The motto reads: Dum tempus operemui bonum (sic), which may be translated as ‘While there is time, let us do good’. On the present lot the word ‘operemui’ is incorrectly copied by the Chinese painter: the correct word is ‘operemur’. Furthermore the more usual motto includes the verb ‘habemus’, perhaps here omitted in favour of symmetry and space. The arms for the Irish market are those of either Odrone or Teague impaling Gilman, Mann or Boot: see D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p.290.

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100 101 A large Canton famille rose punch bowl A famille rose black-ground 19th century crested ‘exotic flowers’ Richly enamelled on the inside and out with panels containing figures bowl, coffee cup and saucer and flowers, the borders at the rim with bats, birds and flowers. Circa 1810 40.5cm (16in) diam. Each embellished with an iron-red and gilt lion crest, surrounded by a continuous vibrantly enamelled ‘tobacco leaf’ type design on a black £1,000 - 1,500 ground, all between fine gilt bands. HK$13,000 - 19,000 cny9,900 - 15,000 The bowl 17.2cm (6 3/4in) diam. (3).

十九世紀 廣彩開光花鳥人物圖碗 £500 - 800 HK$6,300 - 10,000 cny5,000 - 7,900 Provenance: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.143, acquired on 3 November 2009 約1810年 黑地粉彩花卉紋碗、杯及盤

Provenance 來源: Heirloom and Howard Ltd., Wiltshire Roy Davids Collection, nos.119, 121, acquired in 2008

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the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 103 102 A small blue and white reticulated bowl Provenance 來源: Dr. Lowell S.Young Collection, San Francisco, Chenghua six-character mark, Wanli no.91 The small intricately-potted bowl with six underglaze-blue roundels of Berwald Oriental Art Ltd., London (label) birds alternating with lotus, camellia and aster on an openwork ground, S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) lappets around the tall base and diaper at the rim, box. Roy Davids Collection, no.15, acquired on 28 September 2012 10.1cm (4in) diam. (2). A related but larger bowl (36cm diam.) in the British Museum, dated £1,500 - 2,500 1620-1644, uses the same fine reticulation technique; see J.Harrison- HK$19,000 - 31,000 cny15,000 - 25,000 Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.12:40.

明萬曆 青花花鳥紋鏤雕碗 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

104 | Bonhams 103 A rare blue and white petal-moulded saucer dish Two similar dishes, Wanli mark and period, are illustrated by Wanli six-character mark and of the period J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, Finely potted as an open lotus flower, the central medallion with a nos.11:101 and 11:102, p.313. Another similar blue and white dish, Sanskrit character framed by two circles of ruyi heads, the petal- Wanli period, from the Baur Collection is illustrated by J.Ayers in shaped body with two bands of sixteen scalloped pedals radiating Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Volume I, Geneva, 1999, from the centre, the reverse with Sanskrit characters alternating with no.78, pp.132-133. Another related example, Wanli mark and period, flower heads. is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Copper- 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. Red II: The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2000, no.194, p.211, and another in the collection of the £2,000 - 3,000 Nanjing Museum was exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland, HK$25,000 - 38,000 cny20,000 - 30,000 Ming: The Golden Empire, and published Catalogue, Edinburgh, 2014, no.47. 明萬曆 青花梵文蓮瓣盤 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: J.P.Morgan Collection, U.S.A. no.1190 (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.36, acquired on 3 November 2005

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 105 104 A large blue and white ‘kraak porselein’ bowl Wanli The rounded sides rising up to a slightly flared rim, the central medallion vividly painted with a lady weaving, surrounded by rectangular pedals containing figures and flowers, the reverse with a continuous landscape. 37cm (14 5/8in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

明萬曆 青花開光人物圖大碗

Provenance 來源: Stockspring Antiques Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.140, acquired on 1 June 2002

The present lot is unusual in combining a more typical kraak-ware style of decoration divided into panels around the central medallion on the interior, with a more Chinese-style figural scene on the (view of interior) exterior.

106 | Bonhams 105 A blue and white octagonal baluster vase Provenance 來源: Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.237 (label) Tianqi Roy Davids Collection, no.88 Attractively painted depicting a continuous scene of an Imperial figure with attendants holding fans and standards, all opposite a figure The image illustrates stories from Daoist mythology in which rulers offer bowing in respect beside a landscape of rocks, trees, plants and walls their thrones to men of humble origins who invariably decline to accept interrupted by swirling clouds, all between a lotus-leaf border at the the offer. neck and pendent leaf border at the base. 32cm (12 1/2in) high A related vase of similar size and shape is illustrated by S.Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period: 1620-1683, Dartmouth, £3,000 - 5,000 1983, p.78, no.28. HK$38,000 - 63,000 cny30,000 - 50,000

明天啟 青花人物故事圖八方瓶

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 107 106 A blue and white cylindrical brushpot, bitong The painting on the present lot is inspired by landscape painting Circa 1650 enjoyed gradually as a scroll is unrolled, similar to the rotating of a Heavily potted, the outside finely painted with a tiny figure of a brushpot to appreciate the full scene. The theme of a lonely scholar scholar leaning on a staff and dwarfed by the high rocks and willow in a remote and empty landscape reflects the Daoist preference for surrounding him, a few fishermen plying the broad river while pines and a withdrawal from the pressures of officialdom, which was a popular peaked mountains fill the distance under a full moon. attitude amidst the chaos of the collapse of the Ming dynasty. For 20cm (7 7/8in) high related landscape brushpots, see a sparsely depicted landscape from the Hatcher Cargo and dated 1643, illustrated by J.B.Curtis, Chinese £10,000 - 15,000 Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes, Scholar’s Motifs HK$130,000 - 190,000 and Narratives, New York, 1995, no.7; and another example illustrated CNY99,000 - 150,000 by S.Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period: 1620-1683, New York, 1983, no.18.

約1650年 青花山水人物圖筆筒 Another with landscape and poetry dated to the Kangxi period and in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Qinghua Ci, Beijing, 2005, no.214. Compare also two blue and white Roy Davids Collection, no.47, acquired on 10 May 2006 brushpots of similar size to the present lot but with figural scenes and dated Chongzhen, sold in these rooms, 16 May 2013, lots 29 and 30.

108 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 109 107 A blue and white conical cup Circa 1640 The exterior vividly painted with two birds playing amidst naturalistic flowers and bamboo, framed by double circles at foot and rim, stand. 10cm (4in) diam. (2).

£500 - 1,000 HK$6,300 - 13,000 CNY5,000 - 9,900

約1640年 青花花鳥圖錐形杯

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.35, acquired on 13 June 2009

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108 A blue and white baluster jar 17th century Painted around the exterior with rockwork and a band of stylised cracked ice around the neck. 33.5cm (13 1/8in) high

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

十七世紀 青花山石紋罐

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Desmond R.Laurence, no.201, acquired on 3 June 1994 Roy Davids collection, no.93

The present lot is unusual, being apparently designed as a wucai piece, but never completed with the addition of enamels and a second firing. It nevertheless remains an attractive and intriguing piece, demonstrating a break in the stages of production, and inviting the viewer to imagine what scene may have been intended from the clues provided by the underglaze blue. 108

110 | Bonhams 109 A large blue-ground bowl Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Early/ mid 17th century Roy Davids Collection, no.45, acquired on The rounded sides rising to a flat everted rim, the interior vividly painted 17 August 2009 with flowers reserved in white, the cavetto with ruyi head panels on ground of geometric patterns, the reverse with prunus flower heads Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son, Ming Porcelain for the Japanese above winter branches. Market, ko-sometsuke & ko-akai, London, 2008, no.32 (label) 37.2cm (14 5/8in) diam. S.Marchant and Son, Arts of Pacific Asia Show, New York, March 2009, no.72 £5,000 - 8,000 S.Marchant and Son, Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, London, HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000 June 2009, no.64 (label)

十七世紀早期/中期 青花纏枝花卉紋盆

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 111 110 A blue and white slender cylindrical vase There are various stories surrounding this common theme of a high Circa 1640 mandarin and a cowherd. J.B.Curtis in her article Decorative Schemes Vibrantly painted with a continuous scene of a cowherd kneeling for the New Markets: The Origins and Use of Narrative Themes on before a high official, accompanied by attendants, one holding a 17th Century Chinese Porcelain in The International Ceramics Forum canopy, one a tied bundle, and two with halberds, in a river landscape and Seminars Catalogue, London, 1997, describes the scene as the with pine, willow, rockwork and swirling clouds, the slender flaring ancient sage Emperor Yao relinquishing his throne to minister Xu You neck with tulip flowers and leaves between pearls and lozenge. who had become a recluse, herding oxen. A vase from the Butler 44cm (17 3/8in) high Family Collection, with the same subject is illustrated by J.B.Curtis in Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century, Landscapes, £15,000 - 25,000 Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives, New York, 1995, no.60, pp.142-3. HK$190,000 - 310,000 cny150,000 - 250,000 Lu Minghua however, argues that the scene depicts a story from the History of the Han of Prime Minister Bing Ji enquiring about a buffalo 約1640年 青花人物故事圖筒瓶 which he noticed was breathing heavily in Spring, as if it was in the heat of Summer. Bing Ji believed it was the duty of Prime Ministers Provenance 來源: Worms family collection, Paris to balance the yin and yang of nature. See Seventeenth Century S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Roy Davids Collection, no.99, acquired on 20 January 2010 Collections, Shanghai, 2005, pp.110-1.

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., Ming Porcelain, London, 2009, p.116-177. no.52

112 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 113 111 A blue and white ‘Master of the Rocks’ dish Early Kangxi The deep rounded sides rising from a channel foot to an everted rim, the interior well painted with a lake scene and mountains rising in the background. 32.8cm (12 7/8in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清康熙早期 青花山水圖盤

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection, acquired on 4 November 2004 (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.29

Illustrated 著錄: S.Marchant and Son, Selected Chinese Porcelain From the Collection of Professor D.R. Laurence, London, 2010, no.9

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112 A blue and white dish Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi With rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted in the interior with two battling equestrian warriors flanked by two attendants amidst a rocky landscape, encircled by petal-shaped panels with further armed warriors, the underside with bands of ruyi heads and floral sprigs.

32.3cm (12 3/4in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 青花刀馬人物圖盤 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London Desmond R. Laurence Collection, no.123, acquired on 1 May 1996 Roy Davids Collection, no.71, acquired on 20 November 2001

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114 | Bonhams 113 A blue and white deep bowl Early Kangxi Finely potted with wide rim, painted with a band of stylised foliage, the central medallion depicting a lady standing before an openwork rock in a fenced garden deep in reverie, her hand exposing her wrist while gazing up at the poem, the cavetto painted with sprays of lotus, chrysanthemum and peony. 34.5cm (13 5/8in) diam.

£4,000 - 7,000 HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000

清康熙早期 青花庭園仕女圖盆 青花「玉堂佳器」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Adgey Edgar Collection Sydney L.Moss Ltd., London (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.86, acquired on 28 November 2006

The mark within double circle is 玉堂佳器 yu tang jia qi which translates as ‘Fine vessel for the Jade Hall’. Inside the bowl is incribed this couplet:

想思恨轉深，’Reminiscing, her regrets deepen’; 慢把瑤琴弄。’languidly she plucks the jasper zither’

The thoughtful dreamy pose of the lady is related to a dish, also dated early Kangxi, illustrated by M.Butler, M.Medley and S.Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Hong Kong, 1990, no.113, which depicts 113 a lady seated at a table, also by a fence.

114 A blue and white saucer dish Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the central medallion painted with three lotus flower heads amongst scrolling foliage and leaves, a floral border at the rim, the reverse painted with a similar design. 15cm (5 7/8in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋盤 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Christie’s London, 14 June 1990, lot 176 114 R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.37, acquired on 16 June 2009

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115 A blue and white bowl Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Thinly potted, the central medallion with an eagle on rockwork, a floral band running alongside the rim, the exterior painted with birds in flight, phoenix and ducks amidst trees and a pond, wood stand. 20cm (8in) diam. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 cny40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 青花花鳥鳳鶴圖碗 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: a European private collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.27, acquired on 15 October 2009

116 A blue, copper-red and white-slip jar Kangxi The ovoid vessel unusually painted with six carved medallions enclosing clusters of various flowers including chrysanthemum, peony, prunus and lotus, alternating with sprays of lingzhi fungus, wood cover and stand. 20cm (7 7/8in) high (3).

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 cny20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 青花釉裏紅開光花卉紋罐

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.66, acquired on 27 February 2006

Compare a related underglaze blue and copper red vase in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, dated to the early Kangxi period, illustrated in Inaugural Exhibition, Vol.I, Chinese Ceramcis, Hong Kong, 116 1993, no.178.

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117 A blue and white bowl Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Delicately and deeply potted with a gently flaring rim, painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with blooming lotus flowers borne on meandering leafy foliage, all above a band of upright petal lappets, the interior similarly decorated, wood stand. 19.1cm (7 1/2in) diam. (2).

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋碗 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.112, acquired on 18 October 2011

For a similar bowl of the same size and design, Kangxi mark and period, see R.Krahl and C.von Spee, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Lunen, 2003, no.89. A pair of bowls with similar design from the Kangxi period is illustrated by J.Ayers in The Baur Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Volume Four, Geneva, 1974, nos.A 510 and A 511.

118 A blue and white ‘long elizas’ baluster jar Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Painted vividly around the exterior with four ladies engaged in various leisurely activities such as playing the lute, petting rabbits, and appreciating flowers, standing beside wutong trees and arrangements of peony and chrysanthemum, all beneath a band of phoenixes. 19cm (7 1/2in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 青花仕女圖罐 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, no.92 118 Vases such as the present lot, painted with ladies who are very tall in proportion to the size of the piece (known affectionately in the West as ‘Long Elizas’) are thought to have been made early in the Kangxi period, due to their lively, uninhibited style.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 117 119 A blue and white vase, meiping Kangxi Finely painted around the body with a continuous river landscape with waterfall and viewing pavilion, a fishing boat floating by the bank near a sage and companion, all beneath a tiny moon, a crenellated band around the slightly splayed foot, a triangular diaper motif surrounding the short flaring neck. 25cm (9 3/4in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 青花山水人物圖梅瓶

Provenance 來源: H.R.Norton Collection Bluett & Sons, Ltd., acquired on 6 May 1959 H.M.Knight Collection, acquired at Antique Dealers’ Fair, Grosvenor House Hotel, 10 June 1959 Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 November 1979, lot 200 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London, no.68 Bertil J.Högstrom Collection (label), no.35 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label), no.28 Roy Davids Collection, no.150, acquired on 2 May 2012

Exhibited and illustrated 展出及著錄: S.Marchant and Son, Chinese Blue and White - Wanli to K’ang Hsi, London, July 1980, no.68 S.Marchant and Son, The Bertil J.Högstrom Collection, Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain, London, 2011, pp.56-57, no.28 119

120 A blue and white ‘prunus and cracked- ice’ jar and cover Kangxi The rounded sides rising to a narrow mouth, the body vividly painted with flowering prunus on a cracked ice ground, a key-fret border around the mouth. 26.5cm (10 1/2in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

清康熙 青花冰梅紋蓋罐

Provenance 來源: an American private collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.133, acquired on 20 April 2010

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118 | Bonhams 121 A blue and white ‘garlic-mouth’ baluster vase Kangxi Well potted, the baluster vase with a tall single ribbed neck and garlic-shaped mouth, beneath the rim a band of ruyi heads, the body painted with a shaped panel with a seated scholar looking out on a rocky river scene, the reverse with antiques, including a vase with peacock feathers, an incense burner, a table screen, a ruyi sceptre, books and scrolls, the base marked with the character shun. 28cm (11in) high

£8,000 - 12,000 HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

清康熙 青花開光山水人物圖蒜頭瓶

Provenance 來源: Richard Bennett Collection, no.20 (label) Edgar Ezekiel Gorer, London Charles E.Russell Collection Sotheby’s London, 12 July 1960, lot 165 Sydney L.Moss Ltd., London John Pullan Collection Spink and Son Ltd., London (label) A Dutch Collection (by repute) S.Marchant and Son, London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.30, acquired on 24 September 2008

Exhibited 展出: Royal Academy of Art, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-1936, no.1791 (with label for no.2832)

Published and illustrated 出版及著錄: R.L.Hobson The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London 1924, pl.XXIX Royal Academy of Art, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Catalogue, London, 1935-1936, pp.150, 169

It is very unusual to find this type of panel decoration on this shape of vase. A brushpot with related decoration of landscape and antiquities from the Kangxi period and another related bowl, the landscape screen on one side and the antiquities on the other, are illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, nos. 207 and 323. Another blue and white vase from the Kangxi period with two panels showing flowers can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum number C.886-1910. A vase of related shape, 18th century, was sold in these rooms on 16 May 2013, lot 44.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 119 122 A blue and white globular bottle vase Kangxi Painted with one bird standing proudly on rockwork issuing branches of heavy tree peony and delicate prunus buds covering the rounded body and slender slightly flaring neck, wood stand. 31.5cm (12in) high (2).

£6,000 - 10,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 青花山石花鳥紋天球瓶

Provenance 來源: H. R.Hancock & Sons, London Bertil J.Högström Collection, Stockholm, no.11, acquired on 3 March 1967 (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.85, acquired on 1 November 2011

123 A blue and white bottle vase Kangxi Of pear shape rising to a tall flaring neck, painted with Chang E, the Goddess of the moon, surrounded by her female attendants, one holding a white rabbit and the others holding an osmanthus sprig, a fan, a qin, a basin and a ruyi, all within a pavilion encircling wutong and pine trees beneath undulating clouds and a moon. 36cm (14 1/4in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

清康熙 青花庭園仕女圖膽瓶

Provenance 來源: The Robert B.Mayer Familly Collection, Chicago, Illinois The Robert B.Mayer Memorial Loan Collection 122 Sold by J.T. Tai and Co. Inc., New York Sotheby’s New York, 21 September 2005, lot 91, as one of a pair Roy Davids Collection, no.62, purchased from S.Marchant and Son, London, on 11 September 2008

Exhibited 展出: The Montreal Museum of Art, 1976-1981 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1981-2005 S.Marchant and Son, Recent Acquisitions, 2006, no.38, as one of a pair (label)

There are several legends around Chang E, the Goddess of the moon. One of the stories describes her stealing the pill of Immortality that was given to her husband Hou Yi, Lord Archer. Due to the Immortality pill she then floats up to the moon with a hare as her companion. The present lot shows Chang E with the hare and other attendants.

124 A blue and white slender baluster vase Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Painted in brilliant tones of underglaze blue with a continuous scene of a dignitary greeting a lady, surrounded by five female musicians and other figures in a pavilion terrace, set amid pine and wutong trees growing from rocky outcrops, all beneath three bands of circles, stylised scrolls and key-fret. 46.2cm (16 3/4in) high

£10,000 - 15,000 HK$130,000 - 190,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000

清康熙 青花人物故事圖觀音尊 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: a Dutch private collection S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.74, acquired on 17 November 2008 (label)

Exhibited 展出: S. Marchant and Son, The Grosvenor House Antiques 123 Fair, London, no.55

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125 126 A blue and white ‘G’-marked globular bottle vase A small blue and white pear-shaped vase Kangxi Kangxi Brightly painted in various tones of cobalt blue with an overall pattern Elegant potted with a slightly flaring rim, painted in vibrant tones of lotus blossoms amidst meandering leafy foliage, the shoulder with a of underglaze-blue with ‘the Love Chase’ scene depicting three blue wash band decorated with lotus and pomegranate sprigs. equestrians approaching the bridge, encircled by an attendant and a 20.3cm (8in) high boatman in a sampan, all amid a mountainous riverscape enclosing a pavilion, pine trees and jagged rocks, wood stand. £4,000 - 7,000 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high (2). HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000 £3,000 - 5,000 清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋天球瓶 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

Provenance 來源: Saint Louis Art Museum collection, Missouri, 清康熙 青花人物故事圖瓶 inventory no. 1103A:40 Sotheby’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 434 Provenance 來源: a Japanese private collection S.Marchant & Son Ltd., London (label) S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.55, purchased on 1 July 2006 Roy Davids Collection, no.120, acquired on 19 June 2009

The shape of the present lot is derived from Western glass bottles, and Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., Grosvenor House Art and it would probably have been part of a set intended for wine or spirits. Antiques Fair, London, 2009, no.96 For a bottle vase of similar shape and style, described as early 18th century, see C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.298. Another similar pair from the collection of Ira and Nancy Koger sold at Sotheby’s New York, 27 November 1990, lot 15.

Although the ‘G’ mark has not been traced to a particular person, it probably refers to a European gentleman or trader or possibly one of the Dutch East India companies that ordered the vase; see the discussion by R.L.Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, p.143.

122 | Bonhams 127 128

127 128 A blue and white mallet-shaped vase A blue and white mallet-shaped vase Kangxi Kangxi Of ovoid form surmounted by a cylindrical neck, painted with Well potted, the body confidently painted with antiques, including a undulating scrolls of lingzhi and ruyi-head-shaped clouds, divided by circular screen with a bird standing on a rock amidst waves, a ruyi ruyi-head, lappet and diaper borders at the shoulder, wood stand. sceptre, a fan, precious emblems, a vase with peacock feathers, a 27.2cm (10 3/4in) high (2). mythical lion dog, books and scrolls, wood stand. 27.5cm (10 5/8in) high (2). £4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000 £5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000 清康熙 青花如意紋搖鈴尊 清康熙 青花博古圖搖鈴尊 Provenance 來源: Desmond R.Laurence Collection Roy Davids Collection, no.53 Provenance 來源: John Pullan Collection Spink and Son Ltd., London Illustrated 著錄: S. Marchant and Son, Selected Chinese Porcelain S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) from the collection of Professor D. R. Laurence, 2010, no.17 Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.33, acquired on 27 October 2008

Illustrated 著錄: Spink and Son Ltd., Chinese Blue and White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, London, 1998, p.36, no.41 Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, 2008, pp.46-47, no.35

For a vase of similar form but decorated with a dragon, Kangxi period, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, Singapore, 1996, no.601.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 123 129 A fine blue and white baluster trumpet-necked vase Kangxi Brilliantly painted with a mountainous watery landscape, two scholars accompanied by an attendant carrying a wrapped qin, approaching a house nestled in a grove of trees below towering rocky cliffs, all beneath narrow bands of circles, key- fret, cloud scrolls and ruyi heads, wood stand. 44.5cm (17 1/2in) high (2).

£15,000 - 25,000 HK$190,000 - 310,000 CNY150,000 - 250,000

清康熙 青花山水人物圖瓶

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124 | Bonhams Provenance 來源: a French private collection A San Francisco private collection Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2007, lot 779 S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.125, acquired on 3 April 2009

Illustrated 著錄: M.Beurdeley and G.Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1986, p.49, no.53

Compare a related but smaller blue and white vase from the Kangxi period in the Palace Museum collection illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, p.407, no.262.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 125 130 A blue and white yenyen vase Kangxi The body painted with a continuous scene of one crane in flight and one perched on a pine tree, two deer recumbent beneath a craggy rock and swirling clouds, the neck with an identical scene. 46.5cm (18 1/4in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 青花松鶴鹿紋鳳尾尊

Provenance 來源: Sotheby’s London, 8 June 1982, lot 149 Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.309 Roy Davids Collection, no.90

Compare another yenyen vase, decorated in a similar style also with deer and cranes in the Gardiner Museum of Chinese Art, illustrated in Cobalt Treasures: The Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Toronto, 2003, p.62. A related vase also with cranes sold in these rooms, 8 November 2012, lot 44.

126 | Bonhams 131 A blue and white baluster vase Kangxi Vibrantly painted with a garden scene enclosing elegant ladies in a pavilion, some on the balcony looking down on a seated dignitary accompanied by three attendants, all amidst pine and wutong trees beneath scolling clouds and bamboo sprays. 46.5cm (18 1/4in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清康熙 青花庭園人物觀音尊

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.72, acquired on 3 November 2005

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 127 132 A celadon-ground blue and copper-red ‘Eight Horses of Muwang’ yenyen vase Kangxi Painted with the Eight Horses of Muwang scattered all over the exterior, surrounded by tall gnarled pine trees springing from rockwork, all reserved on a ground of celadon tone. 45.8cm (18in) high

£4,000 - 7,000 HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000

清康熙 豆青地釉下三彩八駿圖鳳尾尊

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) Desmond R.Laurence Collection Roy Davids Collection, no.113, acquired in December 2004

128 | Bonhams 133 A blue, copper-red and celadon- Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label) glazed brushpot, bitong Roy Davids Collection, no.34, acquired on 8 October 2004 Xuande six-character mark, Kangxi Heavily potted, the exterior carved in shallow relief, painted and A very similar brushpot, Kangxi mark and period, is illustrated in enamelled with butterflies and rocks amidst flowering peonies and Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong chrysanthemums. Kong, 1998, no.87. Another brushpot, Kangxi mark and period, with 18.5cm (7 1/8in) diam. related design and technique is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1994, £6,000 - 10,000 pp.54-55, no.14. HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

清康熙 青花釉下三彩山石花蝶圖筆筒 青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 129 134 A Chinese Imari triple-gourd vase Kangxi Each bulb boldly painted in blue and enamelled in iron-red and gold with floral branches including prunus, chrysanthemum and peony. 46.2cm (18 1/4in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 HK$63,000 - 100,000 CNY50,000 - 79,000

清康熙 伊萬里纏枝花卉紋葫蘆瓶

Provenance 來源: Roger Keverne Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.57

130 | Bonhams 135 A blue and white double-gourd vase Xuande four-character mark, Kangxi The bulbous body tapering to a slender neck, boldly painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a continuous leafy meander issuing nine large lotus flowerheads, all below a band of stiff upright leaves. 47.2cm (18 5/8in) high

£8,000 - 12,000 HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋葫蘆瓶 青花「宣德年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.58, acquired on 3 July 2006

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son, Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain, 1552-1722, London, June 1998, p.75, Catalogue no.58 (label) S.Marchant and Son, Recent Acquisitions 2006, London, p.38, no.22 (label)

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 131 136 A fine and large blue and white triple-gourd vase Kangxi The largest globular lowest bulb painted in bright cobalt blue with three roundels of chrysanthemum blossoms, alternating with heavy peony flowerheads, encircled by stylised dragons striding amidst the leafy meanders, surmounted by the central bulb similarly painted and all reserved on a blue ground, rising to the smallest bulb depicted with three cartouches of floral sprays beneath the waisted neck and flared rim. 72cm (28 3/8in) high

£15,000 - 25,000 HK$190,000 - 310,000 CNY150,000 - 250,000

清康熙 青花穿花龍紋葫蘆瓶

Provenance 來源: Eugene O. Perkins Collection Sold at Christie’s New York, 2 June 1989, lot 49 Ralph M. Chait Galleries Ltd., New York Roy Davids Collection, no.56, acquired on 18 October 2011

This handsome piece is an impressive feat of potting, showing great control of the clay to produce such a tall and complex form. For a related blue and white triple-gourd vase dated to the 18th century in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and incised with the mark N.363, see C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, p.102, no.93.

132 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 133 137

137 138 A blue and white stem bowl A blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase Xuande six-character mark, early 18th century Qianlong Vibrantly painted in underglaze blue with characteristic ‘heaping and Painted with detailed Indian lotus blooms borne on a foliate scroll vine piling’, the exterior with five figures in an enclosed garden scene below the Eight Buddhist Emblems, surmounted by a wide border of framed by clouds, the stem painted with scrolling lotus flowers stiff upright lappets divided by a ruyi-head band, all beneath a collar of between key-fret borders, stand. swirling waves under the rim. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. (2). 37.8cm (14 7/8in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 £6,000 - 10,000 HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000 HK$75,000 - 130,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000

十八世紀初 青花庭園女仕圖高足碗 青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款 清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮托八吉祥紋扁肚瓶

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Provenance 來源: R. & G. McPherson Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.32, acquired on 27 February 2007 Roy Davids Collection, no.123

A bowl with a very similar design of ladies in a garden scene, Kangxi Compare a related bottle vase, but without the Eight Buddhist mark and period, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures Emblems, in the Nanjing Museum, Qianlong seal mark and of the of the Palace Museum Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red period illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain (III), 36, Beijing, 2000, no.65. of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.233.

134 | Bonhams 138

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 135 139 A blue and white washer Provenance 來源: R. & E.Bamad Ltd., Exeter Qianlong seal mark and of the period Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.433, acquired on 26 March 1988 Stoutly potted, painted in the fifteenth century style, the interior with (label) a circle of lotus heads within a band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Roy Davids Collection, no.43 bajixiang, around a central lotus head, the exterior with a similar scroll at the rim above a continuous band of lotus heads. Blue and white pieces such as the present lot, with the Eight Buddhist 22.5cm (8 3/4in) diam. Emblems together with louts, exhibit the strong, emphatic yet meticulous painting style associated with the Qianlong period, as well £2,000 - 3,000 as the Emperor’s personal interest in Buddhism. Blue and white vases HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000 with related treatment of the lotus combined with the Eight Buddhist Emblems can be seen in the Palace Museum, Beijing: see a vase, 清乾隆 青花八吉祥番蓮紋洗 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, no.131, and another in the Wang Xing Lou Collection, also Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, no.14.

136 | Bonhams 140 A blue and white ‘dragons’ saucer dish Jiaqing seal mark and of the period Painted with a powerful five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amid scrolling clouds, encircled by two striding dragons in similar pursuit with another two on the underside, all reserved on an intense cobalt-blue ground. 25.5cm (10in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$19,000 - 25,000 CNY15,000 - 20,000

清嘉慶 青花雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.104, acquired on 26 June 2008

140

141 A blue and white ogee bowl Qianlong seal mark and of the period The tall foot rising to a wide everted rim, the central medallion with a webbed star surrounded by six ruyi heads, the reverse finely painted with a continuous floral band around the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang. 22cm (8 3/4in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

清乾隆 青花暗八仙紋折腰盤 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London (label) Roy Davids Collection, no.105, acquired on 1 September 2009

The underglaze-blue decoration of the present lot was most likely intended for doucai enamels, but in this case left unenamelled. Compare a 141 similarly ‘unfinished’ moonflask with related design, Qianlong mark and period, is illustrated in Ethereal Elegance. Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing The Huaihaitung Collection, Hong Kong, 2008, no.96.

the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 137 142

142 143 An underglaze-blue and copper-red A blue and white soft-paste vase ‘Immortals’ bowl Qianlong Qianlong seal mark and of the period Elaborately painted around the gently tapering body with clusters of The central medallion finely painted with Shoulao and a deer, the bamboo and branches of peony and pomegranate issuing from jagged exterior painted with the Eight Immortals carrying their various rocks, the other side scattered with a cockerel and a hen with chicks attributes, and riding on various leaves or magical creatures through below butterflies in flight. 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high foaming copper-red waves. 22cm (8 3/4in) diam. £1,500 - 2,500 £2,000 - 3,000 HK$19,000 - 31,000 CNY15,000 - 25,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000 清乾隆 青花花石錦雞圖瓶 清乾隆 青花釉裏紅八仙圖碗 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Provenance 來源: R.&G.McPherson Ltd., London, no.21520 (label) Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.6 Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.203, acquired on 5 January 2000 Roy Davids Collection, no.41 144 A blue and white soft-paste ‘Three Abundances’ vase The painting on the exterior refers to the story of the Daoist Immortals Qianlong crossing the East Sea, 八仙过海 ba xian guo hai. The legend is that The slightly-tapered body rising to a waisted neck and everted when they come to the East Sea, Lü Dongbin suggests that each of rim, painted with three branches of sanduo comprising peach, the Immortals use his own individual abilities to cross the sea, and pomegranate and finger citron, each branch bearing five fruits, all thus each figure throws down his attribute to ride upon, with some between bands of ruyi-heads and upright lappets beneath borders of transforming into sea monsters. The story can be interpreted as each leaves and scrolls at the neck. 26.5cm (10 1/2in) high member of a group making a distinctive contribution to collective success. It is unusual to find such a fine example of bowls of this type £4,000 - 7,000 with a Qianlong seal mark and of the period. A larger bowl with similar HK$50,000 - 88,000 CNY40,000 - 69,000 decoration but with a hall mark Gongshoutang zhi (made in the Hall of Venerating Old Age) and attributed to mid-19th century, is illustrated 清乾隆 漿胎青花三多紋瓶 by R.Krahl and C.von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, London, 2003, no.140, although the authors note that Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Geng Baochang mentions these bowls as in use from the Qianlong Roy Davids Collection, no. 54, acquired on 11 May 2010 period: see Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p.383. The decoration on the present lot expresses the wish for an abundance of blessings, long life and sons. The Three Abundances fushou sanduo 福壽三多 are represented by the Budhha’s Hand citron, the peach and the pomegranate. The finger citron symbolizes abundant blessings, the peach represents abundant longevity and the pomegranate stands for many sons.

138 | Bonhams 143 144

145 A blue and white soft-paste flower- moulded ‘Immortals’ vase Qianlong Of tall ovoid form, decorated with two elongated lobed panels enclosing Xiwangmu poling a leaf-shaped boat and an Immortal sitting astride a carp above swirling waves, all reserved on a fish-roe ground moulded with leafy floral scrolls. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清乾隆 漿胎青花道仙圖花卉紋瓶

Provenance 來源: Eugene O. Perkins Collection Offered at Christie’s New York, 2 June 1989, lot 71 The Baker Family Collection The Lehigh University Collection Roy Davids Collection, no.59

A related, but taller example is illustrated by J.Ayers in The Baur Collection Geneva Chinese Ceramics, Volume Four, Geneva, 1974, 145 no.A 522. Whereas the present lot shows immortals on both sides, the vase in the Baur Collection is painted with two landscapes. the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 139 146 A Beijing yellow glass bottle vase Incised Qianlong four-character mark and of the period The bulbous body standing on a short splayed foot surmounted by a tall, cylindrical neck, the glass of bright lemon-yellow tone. 22.7cm (8 7/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

清乾隆 黃料長頸瓶 「乾隆年製」楷書刻款

Provenance 來源: A&J Speelman Ltd., London Roy Davids Collection, no.118, acquired in 2008

Compare a similar vase illustrated in Luster of Autumn Water: Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, no.5.

140 | Bonhams the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 141 147 W The Roy Davids study library: an extensive library devoted principally to Chinese ceramics A lot, sold not subject to return. For a list of the books please refer to the website or to the department.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

中國藝術書籍叢刊一組

148 W the roy davids study library: including exhibition and collection catalogues A lot, sold not subject to return. For a list of the books please refer to the website or to the department.

£2,000 - 3,000 147 HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000

中國藝術圖錄一組

149 W The Roy Davids Study Library: Publications by R.L.Hobson including the Gow Collection A lot, sold not subject to return.

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$38,000 - 63,000 CNY30,000 - 50,000

霍布森藝術書籍 （包括Gow收藏系列）

This lot includes the following:

R.L.Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1923. R.L.Hobson and Hetherington, The Art of the Chinese Potter, London, 1923. 148 R.L.Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, 1924. R.L.Hobson, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931. R.L.Hobson, Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London.

150 W The roy davids study collection: Topkapi Saray and World Great Collections books A lot, sold not subject to return.

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

托卡比博物館及世界著名藝術收藏圖錄

This lot includes the following:

Regina Krahl and Nurdan Erbahar, John Ayers, ed, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue, Vols 1, 2 and 3, London, 1986. Fujio Koyama and John A Pope, Oriental Ceramics: The Worlds Great Collections vol. 12: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1977. Fujio Koyama and John A Pope, Oriental Ceramics: 149 The Worlds Great Collections vol. 8: Musee Guimet Paris, Tokyo, 1977. 142 | Bonhams 150 151

151 W The Roy Davids study library: Books and publications relating principally to Imperial Chinese Ceramics A lot, sold not subject to return. For a list of the books please refer to the website or to the department.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

故宮博物院、國立故宮博物院書籍 及玫茵堂出版書刊

152 W The Roy Davids Study library: Books relating to chinese export art A lot, sold not subject to return. For a list of the books please refer to the website or to the department.

£500 - 800 152 HK$6,300 - 10,000 CNY5,000 - 7,900

中國外銷藝術參考書籍

153 W The Roy Davids study Library: An extensive selection of dealer and auction house catalogues, and other magazine and OCS publications relating to Chinese art A lot, sold not subject to return. For a list of the books please refer to the website or to the department.

£800 - 1,200 HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

中國藝術圖錄、雜誌及東方陶瓷學會會刊

154- 159 no lots 153 End of sale

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In most cases, an Estimate is printed beside the Entry. Estimates Report on a Lot it is doing that on behalf of the Seller of the You should therefore check the date and starting time of the are only an expression of Bonhams’ opinion made on behalf Lot. Bidders and Buyers who are themselves not expert in Sale, whether there have been any withdrawals or late entries. of the Seller of the range where Bonhams thinks the Hammer the Lots are strongly advised to seek and obtain independent Remember that withdrawals and late entries may affect the Price for the Lot is likely to fall; it is not an Estimate of value. advice on the Lots and their value before bidding for them. time at which a Lot you are interested in is put up for Sale. We It does not take into account any VAT or Buyer’s Premium The Seller has authorised Bonhams to sell the Lot as its agent have complete discretion to refuse any bid, to nominate any payable. Lots can in fact sell for Hammer Prices below and on its behalf and, save where we expressly make it clear to bidding increment we consider appropriate, to divide any Lot, above the Estimate. Any Estimate should not be relied on as an the contrary, Bonhams acts only as agent for the Seller. Any to combine two or more Lots, to withdraw any Lot from a Sale indication of the actual selling price or value of a Lot. Estimates statement or representation we make in respect of a Lot is and, before the Sale has been closed, to put up any Lot for are in the currency of the Sale. made on the Seller’s behalf and, unless Bonhams sells a Lot auction again. Auction speeds can exceed 100 Lots to the hour as principal, not on our behalf and any Contract for Sale is and bidding increments are generally about 10%. However Condition Reports between the Buyer and the Seller and not with us. If Bonhams these do vary from Sale to Sale and from Auctioneer to In respect of most Lots, you may ask for a Condition Report on sells a Lot as principal this will either be stated in the Catalogue Auctioneer. Please check with the department organising the its physical condition from Bonhams. If you do so, this will be or an announcement to that effect will be made by the Sale for advice on this. Where a Reserve has been applied to a provided by Bonhams on behalf of the Seller free of charge. Auctioneer, or it will be stated in a notice at the Sale or an Lot, the Auctioneer may, in his absolute discretion, place bids Bonhams is not entering into a contract with you in respect insert in the Catalogue. (up to an amount not equalling or exceeding such Reserve) on of the Condition Report and accordingly does not assume behalf of the Seller. We are not responsible to you in respect of responsibility to you in respect of it. Nor does the Seller owe or Bonhams does not owe or undertake or agree to any duty the presence or absence of any Reserve in respect of any Lot. If agree to owe you as a Bidder any obligation or duty in respect or responsibility to you in contract or tort (whether direct, there is a Reserve it will normally be no higher than the lower of this free report about a Lot, which is available for your own collateral, express, implied or otherwise). If you successfully bid figure for any Estimate in the Catalogue, assuming that the inspection or for inspection by an expert instructed by you. for a Lot and buy it, at that stage Bonhams does enter into an currency of the Reserve has not fluctuated adversely against However, any written Description of the physical condition of agreement with the Buyer. The terms of that contract are set the currency of the Estimate. The Buyer will be the Bidder who the Lot contained in a Condition Report will form part of the out in our Buyer’s Agreement, which you will find at Appendix makes the highest bid acceptable to the Auctioneer for any Lot Contractual Description of the Lot under which it is sold to 2 at the back of the Catalogue. This will govern Bonhams’ (subject to any applicable Reserve) to whom the Lot is knocked any Buyer. relationship with the Buyer. down by the Auctioneer at the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer. Any dispute as to the highest acceptable bid will be settled by The Seller’s responsibility to you 2. LOTS the Auctioneer in his absolute discretion. All bids tendered will The Seller does not make or agree to make any representation relate to the actual Lot number announced by the Auctioneer. of fact or contractual promise, Guarantee or warranty and Subject to the Contractual Description printed in bold letters An electronic currency converter may be used at the Sale. This undertakes no obligation or duty, whether in contract or in in the Entry about the Lot in the Catalogue (see paragraph 3 equipment is provided as a general guide as to the equivalent tort (other than to the eventual Buyer as set out above), in below), Lots are sold to the Buyer on an “as is” basis, with amount in certain currencies of a given bid. We do not accept respect of the accuracy or completeness of any statement all faults and imperfections. Illustrations and photographs any responsibility for any errors which may occur in the use of or representation made by him or on his behalf, which is in contained in the Catalogue (other than photographs forming the currency converter. We may use video cameras to record any way descriptive of any Lot or as to the anticipated or part of the Contractual Description) or elsewhere of any Lots the Sale and may record telephone calls for reasons of security likely selling price of any Lot. Other than as set out above, are for identification purposes only. They may not reveal the and to assist in solving any disputes which may arise in relation no statement or representation in any way descriptive of a true condition of the Lot. A photograph or illustration may not to bids made at the Sale. At some Sales, for example, jewellery Lot or any Estimate is incorporated into any Contract for Sale reflect an accurate reproduction of the colour(s) of the Lot. Lots Sales, we may use screens on which images of the Lots will be between a Seller and a Buyer. are available for inspection prior to the Sale and it is for you to projected. This service is provided to assist viewing at the Sale. satisfy yourself as to each and every aspect of a Lot, including The image on the screen should be treated as an indication Bonhams’ responsibility to you its authorship, attribution, condition, provenance, history, only of the current Lot. It should be noted that all bids You have the opportunity of examining the Lot if you want to background, authenticity, style, period, age, suitability, quality, tendered will relate to the actual Lot number announced by and the Contract for Sale for a Lot is with the Seller and not roadworthiness (if relevant), origin, value and estimated selling the Auctioneer. We do not accept any responsibility for any with Bonhams; Bonhams acts as the Seller’s agent only (unless price (including the Hammer Price). It is your responsibility errors which may occur in the use of the screen. Bonhams sells the Lot as principal). to examine any Lot in which you are interested. It should be remembered that the actual condition of a Lot may not be as 5. BIDDING Bonhams undertakes no obligation to you to examine, good as that indicated by its outward appearance. In particular, investigate or carry out any tests, either in sufficient depth or parts may have been replaced or renewed and Lots may not We do not accept bids from any person who has not at all, on each Lot to establish the accuracy or otherwise of any be authentic or of satisfactory quality; the inside of a Lot may completed and delivered to us one of our Bidding Forms, Descriptions or opinions given by Bonhams, or by any person not be visible and may not be original or may be damaged, either our Bidder Registration Form, Absentee Bidding Form on Bonhams’ behalf, whether in the Catalogue or elsewhere. as for example where it is covered by upholstery or material. or Telephone Bidding Form. You will be asked for proof of Given the age of many Lots they may have been damaged and/ identity, residence and references, which, when asked for, you You should not suppose that such examinations, investigations or repaired and you should not assume that a Lot is in good must supply if your bids are to be accepted by us. Please bring or tests have occurred. condition. Electronic or mechanical parts may not operate your passport, driving licence (or similar photographic proof or may not comply with current statutory requirements. You of identity) and proof of address. We may request a deposit Bonhams does not make or agree to make any representation should not assume that electrical items designed to operate from you before allowing you to bid. We may refuse entry of fact, and undertakes no obligation or duty (whether in on mains electricity will be suitable for connection to the to a Sale to any person even if that person has completed a contract or tort) in respect of the accuracy or completeness mains electricity supply and you should obtain a report from Bidding Form. of any statement or representation made by Bonhams or on

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 Bidding in person identity of your client in advance, we will be in a position to G Gold bullion exempt from VAT on the Hammer Price You should come to our Bidder registration desk at the Sale address the invoice to your principal rather than you. We will and subject to VAT at the prevailing rate on the Buyer’s venue and fill out a Bidder Registration Form on (or, if possible, require proof of the agent’s client’s identity and residence in Premium before) the day of the Sale. The bidding number system is advance of any bids made by the agent on his behalf. Please • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer sometimes referred to as “paddle bidding”. You will be issued refer to our Conditions of Business and contact our Customer Price or the Buyer’s Premium with a large card (a “paddle”) with a printed number on it. Services Department for further details. a Buyers from within the EU: VAT is payable at the This will be attributed to you for the purposes of the Sale. prevailing rate on just the Buyer’s Premium (NOT the Should you be a successful Bidder you will need to ensure that 6. CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE BUYER AND SELLER Hammer Price). Buyers from outside the EU: VAT is your number can be clearly seen by the Auctioneer and that it AND THE BUYER AND BONHAMS payable at the prevailing rate on both Hammer Price is your number which is identified as the Buyer’s. You should and Buyer’s Premium. If a Buyer, having registered under not let anyone else use your paddle as all Lots will be invoiced On the Lot being knocked down to the Buyer, a Contract for a non-EU address, decides that the item is not to be to the name and address given on your Bidder Registration Sale of the Lot will be entered into between the Seller and exported from the EU, then he should advise Bonhams Form. Once an invoice is issued it will not be changed. If there the Buyer on the terms of the Contract for Sale set out in immediately. is any doubt as to the Hammer Price of, or whether you are the Appendix 1 at the back of the Catalogue. You will be liable to successful Bidder of, a particular Lot, you must draw this to the pay the Purchase Price, which is the Hammer Price plus any In all other instances no VAT will be charged on the Hammer attention of the Auctioneer before the next Lot is offered for applicable VAT. At the same time, a separate contract is also Price, but VAT at the prevailing rate will be added to Buyer’s Sale. At the end of the Sale, or when you have finished bidding entered into between us as Auctioneers and the Buyer. This Premium which will be invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. please return your paddle to the Bidder registration desk. is our Buyer’s Agreement, the terms of which are set out in Appendix 2 at the back of the Catalogue. Please read the terms 9. PAYMENT Bidding by telephone (only available on lots with a of the Contract for Sale and our Buyer’s Agreement contained low estimate greater than £400) in the Catalogue in case you are the successful Bidder. We It is of critical importance that you ensure that you have readily If you wish to bid at the Sale by telephone, please complete a may change the terms of either or both of these agreements available funds to pay the Purchase Price and the Buyer’s Telephone Bidding Form, which is available from our offices or in advance of their being entered into, by setting out different Premium (plus VAT and any other charges and Expenses to us) in the Catalogue. Please then return it to the office responsible terms in the Catalogue and/or by placing an insert in the in full before making a bid for the Lot. If you are a successful for the Sale at least 24 hours in advance of the Sale. It is your Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral Bidder, payment will be due to us by 4.30 pm on the second responsibility to check with our Bids Office that your bid has announcements before and during the Sale. You should be working day after the Sale so that all sums are cleared by been received. Telephone calls will be recorded. The telephone alert to this possibility of changes and ask if there have been the eighth working day after the Sale. Unless agreed by us in bidding facility is a discretionary service and may not be any. advance payments made by anyone other than the registered available in relation to all Lots. We will not be responsible for Buyer will not be accepted. Payment will have to be by one of bidding on your behalf if you are unavailable at the time of 7. BUYER’S PREMIUM AND OTHER CHARGES the following methods (all cheques should be made payable to the Sale or if the telephone connection is interrupted during PAYABLE BY THE BUYER Bonhams 1793 Limited). Bonhams reserves the right to vary the bidding. Please contact us for further details. terms of payment at any time. Under the Buyer’s Agreement, a premium (the Buyer’s Bidding by post or fax Premium) is payable to us by the Buyer in accordance with the Sterling personal cheque drawn on a UK branch of a bank Absentee Bidding Forms can be found in the back of this terms of the Buyer’s Agreement and at rates set out below, or building society: all cheques must be cleared before you Catalogue and should be completed and sent to the office calculated by reference to the Hammer Price and payable in can collect your purchases; responsible for the Sale. It is in your interests to return your addition to it. Storage charges and Expenses are also payable form as soon as possible, as if two or more Bidders submit by the Buyer as set out in the Buyer’s Agreement. All the sums Bankers draft/building society cheque: if you can provide identical bids for a Lot, the first bid received takes preference. payable to us by the Buyer are subject to VAT. For this Sale the suitable proof of identity and we are satisfied as to the In any event, all bids should be received at least 24 hours following rates of Buyer’s Premium will be payable by Buyers genuineness of the draft or cheque, we will allow you to collect before the start of the Sale. Please check your Absentee of Lots: your purchases immediately; Bidding Form carefully before returning it to us, fully completed 25% up to £50,000 of the Hammer Price and signed by you. It is your responsibility to check with our Cash: you may pay for Lots purchased by you at this Sale with 20% from £50,001 to £1,000,000 of the Hammer Price Bids Office that your bid has been received. This additional notes, coins or travellers cheques in the currency in which 12% from £1,000,001 of the Hammer Price service is complimentary and is confidential. Such bids are the Sale is conducted (but not any other currency) provided made at your own risk and we cannot accept liability for our that the total amount payable by you in respect of all Lots On certain Lots, which will be marked “AR” in the Catalogue failure to receive and/or place any such bids. All bids made purchased by you at the Sale does not exceed £3,000, or the and which are sold for a Hammer Price of €1,000 or greater on your behalf will be made at the lowest level possible equivalent in the currency in which the Sale is conducted, at (converted into the currency of the Sale using the European subject to Reserves and other bids made for the Lot. Where the time when payment is made. If the amount payable by you Central Bank Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale), appropriate your bids will be rounded down to the nearest for Lots exceeds that sum, the balance must be paid otherwise the Additional Premium will be payable to us by the Buyer to amount consistent with the Auctioneer’s bidding increments. than in coins, notes or travellers cheques; cover our Expenses relating to the payment of royalties under New Bidders must also provide proof of identity and address the Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. The Additional when submitting bids. Failure to do this will result in your bid Sterling travellers cheques: you may pay for Lots purchased Premium will be a percentage of the amount of the Hammer not being placed. by you at this Sale with travellers cheques, provided the total Price calculated in accordance with the table below, and shall amount payable by you in respect of all Lots purchased by you not exceed €12,500 (converted into the currency of the Sale Bidding via the internet at the Sale does not exceed £3,000. We will need to see your using the European Central Bank Reference rate prevailing on Please visit our Website at http://www.bonhams.com for passport if you wish to pay using travellers cheques; the date of the Sale). details of how to bid via the internet. Hammer Price Percentage amount Bank transfer: you may electronically transfer funds to our Bidding through an agent From €0 to €50,000 4% Trust Account. If you do so, please quote your paddle number Bids will be accepted as placed on behalf of the person named From €50,000.01 to €200,000 3% and invoice number as the reference. Our Trust Account details as the principal on the Bidding Form although we may refuse From €200,000.01 to €350,000 1% are as follows: to accept bids from an agent on behalf of a principal and will From €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5% Bank: National Westminster Bank Plc require written confirmation from the principal confirming Exceeding €500,000 0.25% Address: PO Box 4RY the agent’s authority to bid. Nevertheless, as the Bidding 250 Regent Street Form explains, any person placing a bid as agent on behalf 8. VAT London W1A 4RY of another (whether or not he has disclosed that fact or the Account Name: Bonhams 1793 Limited Trust Account identity of his principal) will be jointly and severally liable with The prevailing rate of VAT at the time of going to press is 20%, Account Number: 25563009 the principal to the Seller and to Bonhams under any contract but this is subject to government change and the rate payable Sort Code: 56-00-27 resulting from the acceptance of a bid. Subject to the above, will be the rate in force on the date of the Sale. IBAN Number: GB 33 NWBK 560027 25563009 please let us know if you are acting on behalf of another person when bidding for Lots at the Sale. The following symbols are used to denote that VAT is due on If paying by bank transfer, the amount received after the the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium: deduction of any bank fees and/or conversion of the currency Equally, please let us know if you intend to nominate another † VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer’s of payment to pounds sterling must not be less than the person to bid on your behalf at the Sale unless this is to be Premium sterling amount payable, as set out on the invoice. carried out by us pursuant to a Telephone or Absentee Bidding Ω VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Form that you have completed. If we do not approve the Price and Buyer’s Premium Debit cards: there is no additional charge for purchases made agency arrangements in writing before the Sale, we are entitled * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on with personal debit cards, issued by a UK bank. Debit cards to assume that the person bidding at the Sale is bidding on his Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer’s Premium issued by an overseas bank, deferred and company debit cards own behalf. Accordingly, the person bidding at the Sale will and all credit cards will be subject to a 2% surcharge; be the Buyer and will be liable to pay the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium and associated charges. If we approve the

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 Union Pay cards: these are now accepted at our Knightsbridge any Description or Estimate made of any Lot, or the conduct modern firearms specialist. All prospective Bidders are advised and New Bond Street offices, when presented in person by the of any Sale in relation to any Lot, whether in damages, for an to consult the ˚ of bore and wall-thickness measurements card holder. These cards are subject to a 2% surcharge. indemnity or contribution, or for a restitutionary remedy or posted in the saleroom and available from the department. otherwise, our and/or the Seller’s liability (combined, if both Bidders should note that guns are stripped only where there Credit cards: Visa and Mastercard only. Please note there is a we and the Seller are liable) will be limited to payment of a is a strong indication of a mechanical malfunction. Stripping 2% surcharge on the total invoice value when payments are sum which will not exceed by way of maximum the amount is not, otherwise, undertaken. Guns intended for use should made using credit cards. It may be advisable to notify your card of the Purchase Price of the Lot irrespective in any case of the be stripped and cleaned beforehand. Hammer guns should provider of your intended purchase in advance to reduce delays nature, volume or source of any loss or damage alleged to be have their rebound mechanisms checked before use. The caused by us having to seek authority when you come to pay. If suffered or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether safety mechanisms of all guns must be tested before use. you have any questions with regard to payment, please contact the liability arises from any negligence, other tort, breach All measurements are approximate. our Customer Services Department. of contract (if any) or statutory duty or otherwise. Nothing set out above will be construed as excluding or restricting Original Gun Specifications Derived from Gunmakers 10. COLLECTION AND STORAGE (whether directly or indirectly) our liability or excluding or The Sporting Gun Department endeavours to confirm a gun’s restricting any person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, original specification and date of manufacture with makers The Buyer of a Lot will not be allowed to collect it until or (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence (or by who hold their original records. payment in full and in cleared funds has been made (unless the negligence of any person under our control or for whom we have made a special arrangement with the Buyer). For we are legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which Licensing Requirements collection and removal of purchased Lots, please refer to Sale we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, or (iv) Firearms Act 1968 as amended Information at the front of the Catalogue. Our offices are any other liability to the extent the same may not be excluded Bonhams is constantly reviewing its procedures and would open 9.00am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Details relating to or restricted as a matter of law or (v) our undertakings under remind you that, in the case of firearms or shotguns subject to the collection of a Lot, the storage of a Lot and our Storage paragraphs 9 (in relation to specialist Stamp or Book Sales only) certification, to conform with current legislation, Bonhams is Contractor after the Sale are set out in the Catalogue. and 10 of the Buyer’s Agreement. The same applies in respect required to see, as appropriate, your original registered firearms of the Seller, as if references to us in this paragraph were dealer’s certificate / shot gun certificate / firearm certificate / 11. SHIPPING substituted with references to the Seller. museum firearms licence / Section 5 authority or import licence (or details of any exemption from which you may benefit, for Please refer all enquiries to our shipping department on: 15. BOOKS instance Crown servant status) for the firearm(s) you have Tel: +44 (0)20 8963 2850/2852 Fax: +44 (0)20 8963 2805 purchased prior to taking full payment of the amount shown Email: [email protected] As stated above, all Lots are sold on an “as is” basis, subject on your invoice. Should you not already be in possession of to all faults, imperfections and errors of Description save as such an authority or exemption, you are required to initially 12. EXPORT/TRADE RESTRICTIONS set out below. However, you will be entitled to reject a Book pay a deposit of 95% of the total invoice with the balance of in the circumstances set out in paragraph 11 of the Buyers 5% payable on presentation of your valid certificate or licence It is your sole responsibility to comply with all export and Agreement. Please note that Lots comprising printed Books, showing your authority to hold the firearm(s) concerned. import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT any relevant export and/or import licence(s). Export licences are on the Buyer’s Premium. Please be advised that if a successful Bidder is then unable to issued by Arts Council England and application forms can be produce the correct paperwork, the Lot(s) will be reoffered by obtained from its Export Licensing Unit. The detailed provisions 16. CLOCKS AND WATCHES Bonhams in the next appropriate Sale, on standard terms for of the export licencing arrangements can be found on the ACE Sellers, and you will be responsible for any loss incurred by website http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/supporting- All Lots are sold “as is”, and the absence of any reference Bonhams on the original Sale to you. museums/cultural-property/export-controls/export-licensing/ to the condition of a clock or watch does not imply that or by phoning ACE on +44 (0)20 7973 5188. The need for the Lot is in good condition and without defects, repairs or In the case of RFD certificates and Section 5 authorities, we import licences varies from country to country and you should restorations. Most clocks and watches have been repaired in wish to keep an up-to-date copy on file. Please supply us with acquaint yourself with all relevant local requirements and the course of their normal lifetime and may now incorporate a Fax or photocopy. It would be helpful if you could send us an provisions. The refusal of any import or export licence(s) or parts not original to them. Furthermore, Bonhams makes updated copy whenever your certificate or authority is renewed any delay in obtaining such licence(s) shall not permit the no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in or changed. rescission of any Sale nor allow any delay in making full working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and payment for the Lot. Generally, please contact our shipping complex mechanisms, Bidders should be aware that a general Lots marked ‘S1´ and bearing red labels are Section 1 firearms department before the Sale if you require assistance in service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the and require a valid British Firearms certificate, RFD Licence or relation to export regulations. Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Bidders should import licence. be aware that the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank 13. CITES REGULATIONS Muller and Corum into the United States is highly restricted. Lots marked ‘S2’ and bearing blue labels are Section 2 firearms These watches may not be shipped to the USA and can only be and require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD licence or Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol Y are imported personally. import licence. subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items outside the EU. These regulations may be found at 17. FIREARMS – PROOF, CONDITION AND Lots marked ‘S5´ and bearing specially marked red labels are http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ or may CERTIFICATION Section 5 prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 be requested from: Authority or import licence. Proof of Firearms Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) The term “proof exemption” indicates that a firearm has Lots marked with a ‘S58´ and bearing yellow labels are for Wildlife Licencing been examined at a Proof House, but not proved, as either obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition Floor 1, Zone 17, Temple Quay House (a) it was deemed of interest and not intended for use, or (b) is held. 2 The Square, Temple Quay ammunition was not available. In either case, the firearm must BRISTOL BS1 6EB be regarded as unsafe to fire unless subsequently proved. Unmarked Lots require no licence. Tel: +44 (0) 117 372 8774 Firearms proved for Black Powder should not be used with smokeless ammunition. Please do not hesitate to contact the Modern Sporting Gun 14. THE SELLERS AND/OR BONHAMS’ LIABILITY Department should you have any queries. The term “Certificate of Unprovability” indicates that a firearm Other than any liability of the Seller to the Buyer of a Lot has been examined at a Proof House and is deemed both Taxidermy and Related Items under the Contract for Sale, neither we nor the Seller are unsuitable for proof and use. Reproof is required before any As a Seller of these articles, Bonhams undertakes to comply liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) for any error or such firearm is to be used. fully with Cites and DEFRA regulations. Buyers are advised to misdescription or omission in any Description of a Lot or any inform themselves of all such regulations and should expect Estimate in respect of it, whether contained in the Catalogue Guns Sold as Parts the exportation of items to take some time to arrange. or otherwise, whether given orally or in writing and whether Barrels of guns sold as parts will only be made available for given before or during the Sale. Neither we nor the Seller will sleeving and measurements once rendered unserviceable 18. FURNITURE be liable for any loss of Business, profits, revenue or income, or according to the Gun Barrel Proof Act of 1968 to 1978 and the for loss of reputation, or for disruption to Business or wasted Rules of Proof. Upholstered Furniture time on the part of management or staff, or for indirect losses Whilst we take every care in cataloguing furniture which has or consequential damages of any kind, irrespective in any Condition of Firearms been upholstered we offer no Guarantee as to the originality case of the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage Comment in this Catalogue is restricted, in general, to of the wood covered by fabric or upholstery. alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether the said exceptional condition and to those defects that might affect loss or damage is caused by or claimed in respect of any the immediate safety of a firearm in normal use. An intending negligence, other tort, breach of contract (if any) or statutory Bidder unable to make technical examinations and assessments duty, restitutionary claim or otherwise. In any circumstances is recommended to seek advice from a gunmaker or from a where we and/or the Seller are liable in relation to any Lot or

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 19. JEWELLERY • The date given is that of the image (negative). Where no 24. WINE further date is given, this indicates that the photographic ˜ Ruby and Jadeite print is vintage (the term “vintage” may also be included Lots which are lying under Bond and those liable to VAT may Ruby and jadeite gemstones of Burmese (Myanmar) origin in the Lot Description). A vintage photograph is one which not be available for immediate collection. may not be imported into the US. Rubies and jadeite of was made within approximately 5-10 years of the negative. non–Burmese origin require certification before import Where a second, later date appears, this refers to the date Examining the wines into the US and it is the Buyer’s responsibility to obtain all of printing. Where the exact printing date is not known, but It is occasionally possible to provide a pre-Sale tasting for relevant and required export/import licences, certificates understood to be later, “printed later” will appear in the Lot larger parcels (as defined below). This is generally limited to and documentation before shipping. Failure by the Buyer to Description. more recent and everyday drinking wines. Please contact the successfully import goods into the US does not constitute • Unless otherwise specified, dimensions given are those of department for details. grounds for non payment or cancellation of Sale. Bonhams the piece of paper on which the image is printed, including will not be responsible for any additional costs in this regard any margins. Some photographs may appear in the It is not our policy to inspect every unopened case. In the case howsoever incurred. Catalogue without margins illustrated. of wines older than 20 years the boxes will usually have been • All photographs are sold unframed unless stated in the Lot opened and levels and appearance noted in the Catalogue Gemstones Description. where necessary. You should make proper allowance for Historically many gemstones have been subjected to a variety variations in ullage levels and conditions of corks, capsules of treatments to enhance their appearance. Sapphires and 21. PICTURES and labels. rubies are routinely heat treated to improve their colour and clarity, similarly emeralds are frequently treated with oils or Explanation of Catalogue Terms Corks and Ullages resin for the same purpose. Other treatments such as staining, The following terms used in the Catalogue have the following Ullage refers to the space between the base of the cork and irradiation or coating may have been used on other gemstones. meanings but are subject to the general provisions relating to the wine. Ullage levels for Bordeaux shaped bottles are only These treatments may be permanent, whilst others may need Descriptions contained in the Contract for Sale: normally noted when below the neck and for Burgundy, special care or re-treatment over the years to retain their • “Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by the artist. Alsace, German and Cognac shaped bottles when greater than appearance. Bidders should be aware that Estimates assume When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of 4 centimetres (cm). Acceptable ullage levels increase with age; that gemstones may have been subjected to such treatments. asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether generally acceptable levels are as follows: A number of laboratories issue certificates that give more preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion detailed Descriptions of gemstones. However there may not be the work is by the artist named; Under 15 years old – into neck or less than 4cm consensus between different laboratories on the degrees, or • “Attributed to Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion probably 15 to 30 years old – top shoulder (ts) or up to 5cm types of treatment for any particular gemstone. In the event a work by the artist but less certainty as to authorship is Over 30 years old – high shoulder (hs) or up to 6cm that Bonhams has been given or has obtained certificates expressed than in the preceding category; for any Lot in the Sale these certificates will be disclosed in • “Studio/Workshop of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a It should be noted that ullages may change between the Catalogue. Although, as a matter of policy, Bonhams work by an unknown hand in a studio of the artist which publication of the Catalogue and the Sale and that corks may endeavours to provide certificates from recognised laboratories may or may not have been executed under the artist’s fail as a result of transporting the wine. We will only accept for certain gemstones, it is not feasible to obtain certificates direction; responsibility for Descriptions of condition at the time of for each Lot. In the event that no certificate is published in the • “Circle of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by publication of the Catalogue and cannot accept responsibility Catalogue, Bidders should assume that the gemstones may a hand closely associated with a named artist but not for any loss resulting from failure of corks either before or after have been treated. Neither Bonhams nor the Seller accepts any necessarily his pupil; this point. liability for contradictions or differing certificates obtained by • “Follower of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by a Buyers on any Lots subsequent to the Sale. painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly Options to buy parcels contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil; A parcel is a number of Lots of identical size of the same wine, Estimated Weights • “Manner of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work in the bottle size and Description. The Buyer of any of these Lots has If a stone(s) weight appears within the body of the Description style of the artist and of a later date; the option to accept some or all of the remaining Lots in the in capital letters, the stone(s) has been unmounted and • “After Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion, a copy of a known parcel at the same price, although such options will be at the weighed by Bonhams. If the weight of the stone(s) is stated work of the artist; Auctioneer’s sole discretion. Absentee Bidders are, therefore, to be approximate and does not appear in capital letters, the • “Signed and/or dated and/or inscribed”: in our opinion the advised to bid on the first Lot in a parcel. stone(s) has been assessed by us within its/their settings, and signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand the stated weight is a statement of our opinion only. This of the artist; Wines in Bond information is given as a guide and Bidders should satisfy • “Bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription”: in our Wines lying in Bond are marked Δ and VAT is payable by the themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have purchaser, at the standard rate, on the Hammer Price, unless been added by another hand. the wines are to remain under Bond. Buyers requiring their Signatures wine to remain in Bond must notify Bonhams at the time of 1. A diamond brooch, by Kutchinsky 22. PORCELAIN AND GLASS the Sale. The Buyer is then himself responsible for all duty, When the maker’s name appears in the title, in Bonhams’ clearance VAT and other charges that may be payable thereon. opinion the piece is by that maker. Damage and Restoration All such Lots must be transferred or collected within two weeks For your guidance, in our Catalogues we detail, as far as of the Sale. 2. A diamond brooch, signed Kutchinsky practicable, recorded all significant defects, cracks and Has a signature that, in Bonhams’ opinion, is authentic but restoration. Such practicable Descriptions of damage cannot Buyers outside the UK must be aware that any forwarding may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may be definitive, and in providing Condition Reports, we cannot agent appointed to export their purchases must have a have been altered. Guarantee that there are no other defects present which movement certificate for Lots to be released under Bond. have not been mentioned. Bidders should satisfy themselves 3. A diamond brooch, mounted by Kutchinsky by inspection, as to the condition of each Lot. Please see the Bottling Details and Case Terms Has been created by the jeweller, in Bonhams’ opinion, but Contract for Sale printed in this Catalogue. Because of the The following terms used in the Catalogue have the following using stones or designs supplied by the client. difficulty in determining whether an item of glass has been meanings: repolished, in our Catalogues reference is only made to visible CB – Château bottled 20. PHOTOGRAPHS chips and cracks. No mention is made of repolishing, severe DB – Domaine bottled or otherwise. EstB – Estate bottled Explanation of Catalogue Terms BB – Bordeaux bottled • “Bill Brandt”: in our opinion a work by the artist. 23. VEHICLES BE – Belgian bottled • “Attributed to Bill Brandt”: in our opinion probably a work FB – French bottled by the artist, but less certainty to authorship is expressed The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain GB – German bottled than in the preceding category. OB – Oporto bottled • “Signed and/or titled and/or dated and/or inscribed”: in Dating Plates and Certificates UK – United Kingdom bottled our opinion the signature and/or title and/or date and/or When mention is made of a Veteran Car Club Dating Plate or owc – original wooden case inscription are in the artist’s hand. Dating Certificate in thisCatalogue , it should be borne in mind iwc – individual wooden case • “Signed and/or titled and/or dated and/or inscribed in that the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain using the services of oc – original carton another hand”: in our opinion the signature and/or title Veteran Car Company Ltd, does from time to time, review cars and/or date and/or inscription have been added by already dated and, in some instances, where fresh evidence another hand. becomes available, the review can result in an alteration of date. Whilst the Club and Veteran Car Company Ltd make every effort to ensure accuracy, the date shown on the Dating Plate or Dating Certificate cannot be guaranteed as correct and intending purchasers should make their own enquiries as to the date of the car.

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 SYMBOLS 2 SELLER’S UNDERTAKINGS 4.2 The Seller will not be liable for any breach of any undertaking, whether implied by the Sale of Goods THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS ARE USED TO DENOTE 2.1 The Seller undertakes to you that: Act 1979 or otherwise, as to the satisfactory quality of the Lot or its fitness for any purpose. Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items 2.1.1 the Seller is the owner of the Lot or is duly authorised outside the EU, see clause 13. to sell the Lot by the owner; 5 RISK, PROPERTY AND TITLE W Objects displayed with a w will be located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for 2.1.2 save as disclosed in the Entry for the Lot in the 5.1 Risk in the Lot passes to you when it is knocked collection from this location. Catalogue, the Seller sells the Lot with full title down to you on the fall of the Auctioneer’s ≈ Please note that as a result of recent legislation ruby and guarantee or, where the Seller is an executor, trustee, hammer in respect of the Lot. The Seller will not jadeite gem stones of Burmese (Myanmar) origin may liquidator, receiver or administrator, with whatever be responsible thereafter for the Lot prior to not be imported into the US. Rubies and jadeite of non- right, title or interest he may have in the Lot; you collecting it from Bonhams or the Storage Burmese origin require certification before import into the Contractor, with whom you have separate contract(s) US. 2.1.3 except where the Sale is by an executor, trustee, as Buyer. You will indemnify the Seller and keep the Δ Wines lying in Bond. liquidator, receiver or administrator the Seller is both Seller fully indemnified from and against all claims, AR An Additional Premium will be payable to us by the Buyer legally entitled to sell the Lot, and legally capable proceedings, costs, expenses and losses arising in to cover our Expenses relating to payment of royalties of conferring on you quiet possession of the Lot respect of any injury, loss and damage caused to the under the Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. See and that the Sale conforms in every respect with Lot after the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer until clause 7 for details. the terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979, you obtain full title to it. ○ The Seller has been guaranteed a minimum price for the Sections 12(1) and 12(2) (see the Definitions and Lot, either by Bonhams or a third party. This may take Glossary); 5.2 Title to the Lot remains in and is retained by the the form of an irrevocable bid by a third party, who may Seller until the Purchase Price and all other sums make a financial gain on a successful Sale or a financial 2.1.4 the Seller has complied with all requirements, legal or payable by you to Bonhams in relation to the Lot loss if unsuccessful. otherwise, relating to any export or import of the Lot, have been paid in full to, and received in cleared ▲ Bonhams owns the Lot either wholly or partially or may and all duties and taxes in respect of the export or funds by, Bonhams. otherwise have an economic interest. import of the Lot have (unless stated to the contrary Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States in the Catalogue or announced by the Auctioneer) 6 PAYMENT Government has banned the import of ivory into been paid and, so far as the Seller is aware, all third the USA. parties have complied with such requirements in 6.1 Your obligation to pay the Purchase Price arises when the past; the Lot is knocked down to you on the fall of the •, †, *, G, Ω, a see clause 8, VAT, for details. Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot. 2.1.5 subject to any alterations expressly identified as such DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION made by announcement or notice at the Sale venue 6.2 Time will be of the essence in relation to payment or by the Notice to Bidders or by an insert in the of the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall Catalogue, the Lot corresponds with the Contractual you to Bonhams. Unless agreed in writing with you only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy Description of the Lot, being that part of the Entry by Bonhams on the Seller’s behalf (in which case (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have about the Lot in the Catalogue which is in bold you must comply with the terms of that agreement), given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of letters and (except for colour) with any photograph all such sums must be paid to Bonhams by you in our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. of the Lot in the Catalogue and the contents of the currency in which the Sale was conducted by com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, any Condition Report which has been provided to not later than 4.30pm on the second working day 101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR or by email from the Buyer. following the Sale and you must ensure that the [email protected] funds are cleared by the seventh working day after 3 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LOT the Sale. Payment must be made to Bonhams by one APPENDIX 1 of the methods stated in the Notice to Bidders unless 3.1 Paragraph 2.1.5 sets out what is the Contractual otherwise agreed with you in writing by Bonhams. If CONTRACT FOR SALE Description of the Lot. In particular, the Lot is not you do not pay any sums due in accordance with this sold as corresponding with that part of the Entry in paragraph, the Seller will have the rights set out in IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the the Catalogue which is not printed in bold letters, paragraph 8 below. Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in which merely sets out (on the Seller’s behalf) the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the Bonhams’ opinion about the Lot and which is not 7 COLLECTION OF THE LOT Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral part of the Contractual Description upon which the announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. Lot is sold. Any statement or representation other 7.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with you by You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in than that part of the Entry referred to in paragraph Bonhams, the Lot will be released to you or to your advance of bidding if there have been any. 2.1.5 (together with any express alteration to it order only when Bonhams has received cleared funds as referred to in paragraph 2.1.5), including any to the amount of the full Purchase Price and all other Under this contract the Seller’s liability in respect of the quality Description or Estimate, whether made orally or in sums owed by you to the Seller and to Bonhams. of the Lot, it’s fitness for any purpose and its conformity with writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ any Description is limited. You are strongly advised to examine Website, or by conduct, or otherwise, and whether 7.2 The Seller is entitled to withhold possession from you the Lot for yourself and/or obtain an independent examination by or on behalf of the Seller or Bonhams and of any other Lot he has sold to you at the same or of it before you buy it. whether made prior to or during the Sale, is not part at any other Sale and whether currently in Bonhams’ of the Contractual Description upon which the Lot is possession or not until payment in full and in cleared 1 THE CONTRACT sold. funds of the Purchase Price and all other sums due to the Seller and/or Bonhams in respect of the Lot. 1.1 These terms govern the Contract for Sale of the Lot 3.2 Except as provided in paragraph 2.1.5, the Seller by the Seller to the Buyer. does not make or give and does not agree to make 7.3 You will collect and remove the Lot at your own or give any contractual promise, undertaking, expense from Bonhams’ custody and/ or control or 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3 obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation from the Storage Contractor’s custody in accordance in the Catalogue are incorporated into this Contract of fact, or undertake any duty of care, in relation to with Bonhams’ instructions or requirements. for Sale and a separate copy can also be provided any Description of the Lot or any Estimate in relation by Bonhams on request. Where words and phrases to it, nor of the accuracy or completeness of any 7.4 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling are used which are in the List of Definitions, they are Description or Estimate which may have been made and transport of the Lot on collection and for printed in italics. by or on behalf of the Seller including by Bonhams. complying with all import or export regulations in No such Description or Estimate is incorporated into connection with the Lot. 1.3 The Seller sells the Lot as the principal to the this Contract for Sale. Contract for Sale, such contract being made between 7.5 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, the Seller and you through Bonhams which acts in 4 FITNESS FOR PURPOSE AND SATISFACTORY storage or other charges or Expenses incurred the sole capacity as the Seller’s agent and not as QUALITY by the Seller if you do not remove the Lot in an additional principal. However, if the Catalogue accordance with this paragraph 7 and will states that Bonhams sells the Lot as principal, or such 4.1 The Seller does not make and does not agree indemnify the Seller against all charges, costs, a statement is made by an announcement by the to make any contractual promise, undertaking, including any legal costs and fees, Expenses and Auctioneer, or by a notice at the Sale, or an insert obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation of losses suffered by the Seller by reason of your in the Catalogue, then Bonhams is the Seller for the fact in relation to the satisfactory quality of the Lot or failure to remove the Lot including any charges purposes of this agreement. its fitness for any purpose. due under any Storage Contract. All such sums due to the Seller will be payable on demand. 1.4 The contract is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot when it is knocked down to you. NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 8 FAILURE TO PAY FOR THE LOT 9 THE SELLER’S LIABILITY 10.3 If either party to the Contract for Sale is prevented from performing that party’s respective obligations 8.1 If the Purchase Price for a Lot is not paid to Bonhams 9.1 The Seller will not be liable for any injury, loss or under the Contract for Sale by circumstances beyond in full in accordance with the Contract for Sale damage caused by the Lot after the fall of the its reasonable control or if performance of its the Seller will be entitled, with the prior written Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot. obligations would by reason of such circumstances agreement of Bonhams but without further notice to give rise to a significantly increased financial you, to exercise one or more of the following rights 9.2 Subject to paragraph 9.3 below, except for breach cost to it, that party will not, for so long as such (whether through Bonhams or otherwise): of the express undertaking provided in paragraph circumstances prevail, be required to perform such 2.1.5, the Seller will not be liable for any breach obligations. This paragraph does not apply to the 8.1.1 to terminate immediately the Contract for Sale of the of any term that the Lot will correspond with any obligations imposed on you by paragraph 6. Lot for your breach of contract; Description applied to it by or on behalf of the Seller, whether implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or 10.4 Any notice or other communication to be given 8.1.2 to resell the Lot by auction, private treaty or any otherwise. under the Contract for Sale must be in writing other means on giving seven days’ written notice to and may be delivered by hand or sent by first class you of the intention to resell; 9.3 Unless the Seller sells the Lot in the course of a post or air mail or fax transmission, if to the Seller, Business and the Buyer buys it as a Consumer, addressed c/o Bonhams at its address or fax number 8.1.3 to retain possession of the Lot; in the Catalogue (marked for the attention of the 9.3.1 the Seller will not be liable (whether in negligence, Company Secretary), and if to you to the address or 8.1.4 to remove and store the Lot at your expense; other tort, breach of contract or statutory duty or in fax number of the Buyer given in the Bidding Form restitution or under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, (unless notice of any change of address is given in 8.1.5 to take legal proceedings against you for any sum or in any other way) for any lack of conformity with, writing). It is the responsibility of the sender of the due under the Contract for Sale and/or damages for or inaccuracy, error, misdescription or omission in notice or communication to ensure that it is received breach of contract; any Description of the Lot or any Entry or Estimate in a legible form within any applicable time period. in relation to the Lot made by or on behalf of 8.1.6 to be paid interest on any monies due (after as well the Seller (whether made in writing, including in 10.5 If any term or any part of any term of the Contract as before judgement or order) at the annual rate the Catalogue, or on the Website, or orally, or by for Sale is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such of 5% per annum above the base rate of National conduct or otherwise) and whether made before or unenforceability or invalidity will not affect the Westminster Bank Plc from time to time to be after this agreement or prior to or during the Sale; enforceability and validity of the remaining terms or calculated on a daily basis from the date upon which the remainder of the relevant term. such monies become payable until the date of actual 9.3.2 the Seller will not be liable for any loss of Business, payment; Business profits or revenue or income or for loss of 10.6 References in the Contract for Sale to Bonhams will, reputation or for disruption to Business or wasted where appropriate, include reference to Bonhams’ 8.1.7 to repossess the Lot (or any part thereof) which has time on the part of the Buyer or of the Buyer’s officers, employees and agents. not become your property, and for this purpose management or staff or, for any indirect losses or (unless the Buyer buys the Lot as a Consumer from consequential damages of any kind, irrespective in 10.7 The headings used in the Contract for Sale the Seller selling in the course of a Business) you any case of the nature, volume or source of the loss are for convenience only and will not affect its hereby grant an irrevocable licence to the Seller by or damage alleged to be suffered, and irrespective interpretation. himself and to his servants or agents to enter upon of whether the said loss or damage is caused by all or any of your premises (with or without vehicles) or claimed in respect of any negligence, other tort, 10.8 In the Contract for Sale “including” means during normal Business hours to take possession of breach of contract, statutory duty, restitutionary “including, without limitation”. the Lot or part thereof; claim or otherwise; 10.9 References to the singular will include reference to 8.1.8 to retain possession of any other property sold to you 9.3.3 in any circumstances where the Seller is liable to you the plural (and vice versa) and reference to any one by the Seller at the Sale or any other auction or by in respect of the Lot, or any act, omission, statement, gender will include reference to the other genders. private treaty until all sums due under the Contract or representation in respect of it, or this agreement for Sale shall have been paid in full in cleared funds; or its performance, and whether in damages, for 10.10 Reference to a numbered paragraph is to a an indemnity or contribution or for a restitutionary paragraph of the Contract for Sale. 8.1.9 to retain possession of, and on three months’ written remedy or in any way whatsoever, the Seller’s liability notice to sell, Without Reserve, any of your other will be limited to payment of a sum which will not 10.11 Save as expressly provided in paragraph 10.12 property in the possession of the Seller and/or of exceed by way of maximum the amount of the nothing in the Contract for Sale confers (or purports Bonhams (as bailee for the Seller) for any purpose Purchase Price of the Lot irrespective in any case of to confer) on any person who is not a party to the (including, without limitation, other goods sold to the nature, volume or source of any loss or damage Contract for Sale any benefit conferred by, or the you) and to apply any monies due to you as a result alleged to be suffered or sum claimed as due, and right to enforce any term of, the Contract for Sale. of such Sale in satisfaction or part satisfaction of any irrespective of whether the liability arises from any amounts owed to the Seller or to Bonhams; and negligence, other tort, breach of contract, statutory 10.12 Where the Contract for Sale confers an immunity duty, bailee’s duty, restitutionary claim or otherwise. from, and/or an exclusion or restriction of, the 8.1.10 so long as such goods remain in the possession of responsibility and/or liability of the Seller, it will also the Seller or Bonhams as its bailee, to rescind the 9.4 Nothing set out in paragraphs 9.1 to 9.3 above will operate in favour and for the benefit ofBonhams, contract for the Sale of any other goods sold to be construed as excluding or restricting (whether Bonhams’ holding company and the subsidiaries you by the Seller at the Sale or at any other auction directly or indirectly) any person’s liability or excluding of such holding company and the successors and or by private treaty and apply any monies received or restricting any person’s rights or remedies in assigns of Bonhams and of such companies and of from you in respect of such goods in part or full respect of (i) fraud, or (ii) death or personal injury any officer, employee and agent of Bonhams and satisfaction of any amounts owed to the Seller or to caused by the Seller’s negligence (or any person such companies, each of whom will be entitled to Bonhams by you. under the Seller’s control or for whom the Seller is rely on the relevant immunity and/or exclusion and/or legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which restriction within and for the purposes of Contracts 8.2 You agree to indemnify the Seller against all legal the Seller is liable under the Occupiers Liability Act (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, which enables the and other costs of enforcement, all losses and other 1957, or (iv) any other liability to the extent the same benefit of a contract to be extended to a person who Expenses and costs (including any monies payable may not be excluded or restricted as a matter of law. is not a party to the contract, and generally at law. to Bonhams in order to obtain the release of the Lot) incurred by the Seller (whether or not court 10 MISCELLANEOUS 11 GOVERNING LAW proceedings will have been issued) as a result of Bonhams taking steps under this paragraph 8 on a 10.1 You may not assign either the benefit or burden of All transactions to which the Contract for Sale applies full indemnity basis together with interest thereon the Contract for Sale. and all connected matters will be governed by and (after as well as before judgement or order) at the construed in accordance with the laws of that part rate specified in paragraph 8.1.6 from the date upon 10.2 The Seller’s failure or delay in enforcing or exercising of the United Kingdom where the Sale takes place which the Seller becomes liable to pay the same until any power or right under the Contract for Sale will and the Seller and you each submit to the exclusive payment by you. not operate or be deemed to operate as a waiver of jurisdiction of the courts of that part of the United his rights under it except to the extent of any express Kingdom, save that the Seller may bring proceedings 8.3 On any resale of the Lot under paragraph 8.1.2, the waiver given to you in writing. Any such waiver will against you in any other court of competent Seller will account to you in respect of any balance not affect the Seller’s ability subsequently to enforce jurisdiction to the extent permitted by the laws of remaining from any monies received by him or on any right arising under the Contract for Sale. the relevant jurisdiction. Bonhams has a complaints his behalf in respect of the Lot, after the payment of procedure in place. all sums due to the Seller and to Bonhams, within 28 days of receipt of such monies by him or on his behalf.

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 APPENDIX 2 3 PAYMENT 4.4 If you have not collected the Lot by the date specified in the Notice to Bidders, you authorise us, acting BUYER’S AGREEMENT 3.1 Unless agreed in writing between you and us or as as your agent and on your behalf, to enter into a otherwise set out in the Notice to Bidders, you must contract (the “Storage Contract”) with the Storage IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the pay to us by not later than 4.30pm on the second Contractor for the storage of the Lot on the then Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in working day following the Sale: current standard terms and conditions agreed the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the between Bonhams and the Storage Contractor Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral 3.1.1 the Purchase Price for the Lot; (copies of which are available on request). If the Lot announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. is stored at our premises storage fees at our current You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in 3.1.2 a Buyer’s Premium in accordance with the rates set daily rates (currently a minimum of £3 plus VAT per advance of bidding if there have been any. out in the Notice to Bidders, and Lot per day) will be payable from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4.2. These storage 1 THE CONTRACT 3.1.3 if the Lot is marked [AR], an Additional Premium fees form part of our Expenses. which is calculated and payable in accordance with 1.1 These terms govern the contract between Bonhams the Notice to Bidders together with VAT on that sum 4.5 Until you have paid the Purchase Price and any personally and the Buyer, being the person to whom if applicable so that all sums due to us are cleared Expenses in full the Lot will either be held by us as a Lot has been knocked down by the Auctioneer. funds by the seventh working day after the Sale. agent on behalf of the Seller or held by the Storage Contractor as agent on behalf of the Seller and 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3.2 You must also pay us on demand any Expenses ourselves on the terms contained in the Storage 3 to the Catalogue for the Sale are incorporated payable pursuant to this agreement. Contract. into this agreement and a separate copy can also be provided by us on request. Where words and 3.3 All payments to us must be made in the currency 4.6 You undertake to comply with the terms of any phrases which are defined in the List of Definitions in which the Sale was conducted, using, unless Storage Contract and in particular to pay the charges are used in this agreement, they are printed in italics. otherwise agreed by us in writing, one of the (and all costs of moving the Lot into storage) due Reference is made in this agreement to information methods of payment set out in the Notice to under any Storage Contract. You acknowledge and printed in the Notice to Bidders, printed in the Bidders. Our invoices will only be addressed to the agree that you will not be able to collect the Lot from Catalogue for the Sale, and where such information registered Bidder unless the Bidder is acting as an the Storage Contractor’s premises until you have paid is referred to it is incorporated into this agreement. agent for a named principal and we have approved the Purchase Price, any Expenses and all charges due that arrangement, in which case we will address the under the Storage Contract. 1.3 Except as specified in paragraph 4 of the Notice to invoice to the principal. Bidders the Contract for Sale of the Lot between you 4.7 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling and the Seller is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s 3.4 Unless otherwise stated in this agreement all and transport of the Lot on collection and for hammer in respect of the Lot, when it is knocked sums payable to us will be subject to VAT at the complying with all import or export regulations in down to you. At that moment a separate contract is appropriate rate and VAT will be payable by you on connection with the Lot. also made between you and Bonhams on the terms all such sums. in this Buyer’s Agreement. 4.8 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, 3.5 We may deduct and retain for our own benefit from storage, or other charges for any Lot not removed 1.4 We act as agents for the Seller and are not the monies paid by you to us the Buyer’s Premium, in accordance with paragraph 4.2, payable at our answerable or personally responsible to you for any the Commission payable by the Seller in respect current rates, and any Expenses we incur (including breach of contract or other default by the Seller, of the Lot, any Expenses and VAT and any interest any charges due under the Storage Contract), all of unless Bonhams sells the Lot as principal. earned and/or incurred until payment to the Seller. which must be paid by you on demand and in any event before any collection of the Lot by you or on 1.5 Our personal obligations to you are governed by this 3.6 Time will be of the essence in relation to any your behalf. agreement and we agree, subject to the terms below, payment payable to us. If you do not pay the to the following obligations: Purchase Price, or any other sum due to us in 5 STORING THE LOT accordance with this paragraph 3, we will have the 1.5.1 we will, until the date and time specified in the rights set out in paragraph 7 below. We agree to store the Lot until the earlier of your Notice to Bidders or otherwise notified to you, store removal of the Lot or until the time and date set out the Lot in accordance with paragraph 5; 3.7 Where a number of Lots have been knocked down to in the Notice to Bidders, on the Sale Information you, any monies we receive from you will be applied Page or at the back of the catalogue (or if no date 1.5.2 subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse to firstly pro-rata to pay the Purchase Price of each Lot is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day after the release the Lot to you, we will release the Lot to you and secondly pro-rata to pay all amounts due to Sale) and, subject to paragraphs 6 and 10, to be in accordance with paragraph 4 once you have paid Bonhams. responsible as bailee to you for damage to or the loss to us, in cleared funds, everything due to us and the or destruction of the Lot (notwithstanding that it is Seller; 4 COLLECTION OF THE LOT not your property before payment of the Purchase Price). If you do not collect the Lot before the time 1.5.3 we will provide guarantees in the terms set out in 4.1 Subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse and date set out in the Notice to Bidders (or if no paragraphs 9 and 10. to release the Lot to you, once you have paid to us, date is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day in cleared funds, everything due to the Seller and after the Sale) we may remove the Lot to another 1.6 We do not make or give and do not agree to make to us, we will release the Lot to you or as you may location, the details of which will usually be set out or give any contractual promise, undertaking, direct us in writing. The Lot will only be released on in the relevant section of the Catalogue. If you have obligation, Guarantee, warranty, representation of production of a buyer collection document, obtained not paid for the Lot in accordance with paragraph 3, fact in relation to any Description of the Lot or any from our cashier’s office. and the Lot is moved to any third party’s premises, Estimate in relation to it, nor of the accuracy or the Lot will be held by such third party strictly to completeness of any Description or Estimate which 4.2 You must collect and remove the Lot at your own Bonhams’ order and we will retain our lien over the may have been made by us or on our behalf or by expense by the date and time specified in the Notice Lot until we have been paid in full in accordance with or on behalf of the Seller (whether made orally or in to Bidders, or if no date is specified, by 4.30pm on paragraph 3. writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ the seventh day after the Sale. Website, or by conduct, or otherwise), and whether 6 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LOT made before or after this agreement or prior to or 4.3 For the period referred to in paragraph 4.2, the Lot during the Sale. No such Description or Estimate is can be collected from the address referred to in the 6.1 Only on the payment of the Purchase Price to us incorporated into this agreement between you and Notice to Bidders for collection on the days and times will title in the Lot pass to you. However under the us. Any such Description or Estimate, if made by us specified in the Notice to Bidders. Thereafter, the Contract for Sale, the risk in the Lot passed to you or on our behalf, was (unless Bonhams itself sells Lot may be removed elsewhere for storage and you when it was knocked down to you. the Lot as principal) made as agent on behalf of the must enquire from us as to when and where you can Seller. collect it, although this information will usually be set 6.2 You are advised to obtain insurance in respect of the out in the Notice to Bidders. Lot as soon as possible after the Sale. 2 PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT FOR SALE

You undertake to us personally that you will observe and comply with all your obligations and undertakings to the Seller under the Contract for Sale in respect of the Lot.

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 7 FAILURE TO PAY OR TO REMOVE THE LOT 7.3 If you pay us only part of the sums due to us such 9.3 Paragraph 9 will not apply in respect of a Forgery if: AND PART PAYMENTS payment shall be applied firstly to the Purchase Price of the Lot (or where you have purchased more than 9.3.1 the Entry in relation to the Lot contained in the 7.1 If all sums payable to us are not so paid in full at the one Lot pro-rata towards the Purchase Price of each Catalogue reflected the then accepted general time they are due and/or the Lot is not removed in Lot) and secondly to the Buyer’s Premium (or where opinion of scholars and experts or fairly indicated accordance with this agreement, we will without you have purchased more than one Lot pro-rata to that there was a conflict of such opinion or reflected further notice to you be entitled to exercise one or the Buyer’s Premium on each Lot) and thirdly to any the then current opinion of an expert acknowledged more of the following rights (without prejudice to other sums due to us. to be a leading expert in the relevant field; or any rights we may exercise on behalf of the Seller): 7.4 We will account to you in respect of any balance we 9.3.2 it can be established that the Lot is a Forgery only 7.1.1 to terminate this agreement immediately for your hold remaining from any monies received by us in by means of a process not generally accepted for breach of contract; respect of any Sale of the Lot under our rights under use until after the date on which the Catalogue was this paragraph 7 after the payment of all sums due to published or by means of a process which it was 7.1.2 to retain possession of the Lot; us and/or the Seller within 28 days of receipt by us of unreasonable in all the circumstances for us to have all such sums paid to us. employed. 7.1.3 to remove, and/or store the Lot at your expense; 8 CLAIMS BY OTHER PERSONS IN RESPECT OF 9.4 You authorise us to carry out such processes and 7.1.4 to take legal proceedings against you for payment THE LOT tests on the Lot as we in our absolute discretion of any sums payable to us by you (including the consider necessary to satisfy ourselves that the Lot is Purchase Price) and/or damages for breach of 8.1 Whenever it becomes apparent to us that the Lot or is not a Forgery. contract; is the subject of a claim by someone other than you and other than the Seller (or that such a claim 9.5 If we are satisfied that a Lot is a Forgery we will (as 7.1.5 to be paid interest on any monies due to us (after can reasonably be expected to be made), we may, principal) purchase the Lot from you and you will as well as before judgement or order) at the annual at our absolute discretion, deal with the Lot in transfer the title to the Lot in question to us, with rate of 5% per annum above the base lending rate any manner which appears to us to recognise the full title guarantee, free from any liens, charges, of National Westminster Bank Plc from time to time legitimate interests of ourselves and the other parties encumbrances and adverse claims, in accordance to be calculated on a daily basis from the date upon involved and lawfully to protect our position and with the provisions of Sections 12(1) and 12(2) of which such monies become payable until the date of our legitimate interests. Without prejudice to the the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and we will pay to you actual payment; generality of the discretion and by way of example, an amount equal to the sum of the Purchase Price, we may: Buyer’s Premium, VAT and Expenses paid by you in 7.1.6 to repossess the Lot (or any part thereof) which has respect of the Lot. not become your property, and for this purpose 8.1.1 retain the Lot to investigate any question raised or (unless you buy the Lot as a Consumer) you hereby reasonably expected by us to be raised in relation to 9.6 The benefit of paragraph 9 is personal to, and grant an irrevocable licence to us, by ourselves, our the Lot; and/or incapable of assignment by, you. servants or agents, to enter upon all or any of your premises (with or without vehicles) during normal 8.1.2 deliver the Lot to a person other than you; and/or 9.7 If you sell or otherwise dispose of your interest in the business hours to take possession of any Lot or part Lot, all rights and benefits under this paragraph will thereof; 8.1.3 commence interpleader proceedings or seek any cease. other order of any court, mediator, arbitrator or 7.1.7 to sell the Lot Without Reserve by auction, private government body; and/or 9.8 Paragraph 9 does not apply to a Lot made up of or treaty or any other means on giving you three including a Chinese painting or Chinese paintings, a months’ written notice of our intention to do so; 8.1.4 require an indemnity and/or security from you in motor vehicle or motor vehicles, a Stamp or Stamps return for pursuing a course of action agreed to by or a Book or Books. 7.1.8 to retain possession of any of your other property in you. our possession for any purpose (including, without 10 OUR LIABILITY limitation, other goods sold to you or with us for 8.2 The discretion referred to in paragraph 8.1: Sale) until all sums due to us have been paid in full; 10.1 We will not be liable whether in negligence, other 8.2.1 may be exercised at any time during which we have tort, breach of contract or statutory duty or in 7.1.9 to apply any monies received from you for any actual or constructive possession of the Lot, or at restitution or under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 purpose whether at the time of your default or at any time after such possession, where the cessation or in any other way for lack of conformity with or any time thereafter in payment or part payment of of such possession has occurred by reason of any any inaccuracy, error, misdescription or omission in any sums due to us by you under this agreement; decision, order or ruling of any court, mediator, any Description of the Lot or any Entry or Estimate arbitrator or government body; and in respect of it, made by us or on our behalf or by 7.1.10 on three months’ written notice to sell, Without or on behalf of the Seller (whether made in writing, Reserve, any of your other property in our possession 8.2.2 will not be exercised unless we believe that there including in the Catalogue, or on the Bonhams’ or under our control for any purpose (including other exists a serious prospect of a good arguable case in Website, or orally, or by conduct or otherwise) and goods sold to you or with us for Sale) and to apply favour of the claim. whether made before or after this agreement or prior any monies due to you as a result of such Sale in to or during the Sale. payment or part payment of any amounts owed to 9 FORGERIES us; 10.2 Our duty to you while the Lot is at your risk and/or 9.1 We undertake a personal responsibility for any your property and in our custody and/or control is to 7.1.11 refuse to allow you to register for a future Sale or to Forgery in accordance with the terms of this exercise reasonable care in relation to it, but we will reject a bid from you at any future Sale or to require paragraph 9. not be responsible for damage to the Lot or to other you to pay a deposit before any bid is accepted by us persons or things caused by: at any future Sale in which case we will be entitled 9.2 Paragraph 9 applies only if: to apply such deposit in payment or part payment, as 10.2.1 handling the Lot if it was affected at the time of Sale the case may be, of the Purchase Price of any Lot of 9.2.1 your name appears as the named person to whom to you by woodworm and any damage is caused as a which you are the Buyer. the original invoice was made out by us in respect of result of it being affected by woodworm; or the Lot and that invoice has been paid; and 7.2 You agree to indemnify us against all legal and other 10.2.2 changes in atmospheric pressure; nor will we be costs, all losses and all other Expenses (whether or 9.2.2 you notify us in writing as soon as reasonably liable for: not court proceedings will have been issued) incurred practicable after you have become aware that the Lot by us as a result of our taking steps under this is or may be a Forgery, and in any event within one 10.2.3 damage to tension stringed musical instruments; or paragraph 7 on a full indemnity basis together with year after the Sale, that the Lot is a Forgery; and interest thereon (after as well as before judgement or 10.2.4 damage to gilded picture frames, plaster picture order) at the rate specified in paragraph 7.1.5 from 9.2.3 within one month after such notification has been frames or picture frame glass; and if the Lot is or the date upon which we become liable to pay the given, you return the Lot to us in the same condition becomes dangerous, we may dispose of it without same until payment by you. as it was at the time of the Sale, accompanied by notice to you in advance in any manner we think fit written evidence that the Lot is a Forgery and details and we will be under no liability to you for doing so. of the Sale and Lot number sufficient to identify the Lot.

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 10.3.1 We will not be liable to you for any loss of Business, the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot 12.7 The headings used in this agreement are Business profits, revenue or income or for loss of reflected the then accepted general opinion of for convenience only and will not affect its Business reputation or for disruption to Business or scholars and experts or fairly indicated that there was interpretation. wasted time on the part of the Buyer’s management a conflict of such opinion; or or staff or, if you are buying the Lot in the course of 12.8 In this agreement “including” means “including, a Business, for any indirect losses or consequential it can be established that the Lot is a non-conforming without limitation”. damages of any kind, irrespective in any case of Lot only by means of a process not generally the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage accepted for use until after the date on which the 12.9 References to the singular will include reference to alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether Catalogue was published or by means of a process the plural (and vice versa) and reference to any one the said loss or damage is caused by or claimed which it was unreasonable in all the circumstances gender will include reference to the other genders. in respect of any negligence, other tort, breach of for us to have employed; or contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a restitutionary 12.10 Reference to a numbered paragraph is to a claim or otherwise. the Lot comprises atlases, maps, autographs, paragraph of this agreement. manuscripts, extra illustrated books, music or 10.3.2 Unless you buy the Lot as a Consumer, in any periodical publications; or 12.11 Save as expressly provided in paragraph 12.12 circumstances where we are liable to you in nothing in this agreement confers (or purports to respect of a Lot, or any act, omission, statement, the Lot was listed in the Catalogue under confer) on any person who is not a party to this representation in respect of it, or this agreement “collections” or “collections and various” or the Lot agreement any benefit conferred by, or the right to or its performance, and whether in damages, for was stated in the Catalogue to comprise or contain enforce any term of, this agreement. an indemnity or contribution or for a restitutionary a collection, issue or Books which are undescribed or remedy or in any way whatsoever, our liability will be the missing text or illustrations are referred to or the 12.12 Where this agreement confers an immunity from, limited to payment of a sum which will not exceed relevant parts of the Book contain blanks, half titles and/or an exclusion or restriction of, the responsibility by way of maximum the amount of the Purchase or advertisements. and/or liability of Bonhams, it will also operate in Price of the Lot plus Buyer’s Premium (less any sum favour and for the benefit of Bonhams’ holding you may be entitled to recover from the Seller) If we are reasonably satisfied that a Lot is a non- company and the subsidiaries of such holding irrespective in any case of the nature, volume or conforming Lot, we will (as principal) purchase the company and the successors and assigns of Bonhams source of any loss or damage alleged to be suffered Lot from you and you will transfer the title to the Lot and of such companies and of any officer, employee or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether in question to us, with full title guarantee, free from and agent of Bonhams and such companies, each the liability arises from negligence, other tort, any liens, charges, encumbrances and adverse claims of whom will be entitled to rely on the relevant breach of contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a and we will pay to you an amount equal to the sum immunity and/or exclusion and/or restriction within restitutionary claim or otherwise. of the Purchase Price and Buyer’s Premium paid by and for the purposes of Contracts (Rights of Third you in respect of the Lot. Parties) Act 1999, which enables the benefit of a You may wish to protect yourself against loss by contract to be extended to a person who is not a obtaining insurance. The benefit of paragraph 10 is personal to, and party to the contract, and generally at law. incapable of assignment by, you and if you sell or 10.4 Nothing set out above will be construed as excluding otherwise dispose of your interest in the Lot, all 13 GOVERNING LAW or restricting (whether directly or indirectly) any rights and benefits under this paragraph will cease. person’s liability or excluding or restricting any All transactions to which this agreement applies person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, or 12 MISCELLANEOUS and all connected matters will be governed by and (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence construed in accordance with the laws of that part (or any person under our control or for whom we are 12.1 You may not assign either the benefit or burden of of the United Kingdom where the Sale takes (or legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which this agreement. is to take) place and we and you each submit to we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that part or (iv) any other liability to the extent the same may 12.2 Our failure or delay in enforcing or exercising any of the United Kingdom, save that we may bring not be excluded or restricted as a matter of law, or power or right under this agreement will not operate proceedings against you in any other court of (v) under our undertaking in paragraph 9 of these or be deemed to operate as a waiver of our rights competent jurisdiction to the extent permitted by conditions. under it except to the extent of any express waiver the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Bonhams has a given to you in writing. Any such waiver will not complaints procedure in place. 11 BOOKS MISSING TEXT OR ILLUSTRATIONS affect our ability subsequently to enforce any right arising under this agreement. DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION Where the Lot is made up wholly of a Book or Books and any Book does not contain text or illustrations (in 12.3 If either party to this agreement is prevented from Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall either case referred to as a “non-conforming Lot”), performing that party’s respective obligations only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy we undertake a personal responsibility for such a under this agreement by circumstances beyond (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have non-conforming Lot in accordance with the terms of its reasonable control or if performance of its given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of this paragraph, if: obligations would by reason of such circumstances our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. give rise to a significantly increased financial com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, the original invoice was made out by us to you in cost to it, that party will not, for so long as such 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR, United Kingdom or respect of the Lot and that invoice has been paid; circumstances prevail, be required to perform such by email from [email protected]. and obligations. This paragraph does not apply to the obligations imposed on you by paragraph 3. APPENDIX 3 you notify us in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after you have become aware that the Lot 12.4 Any notice or other communication to be given DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY is or may be a non-conforming Lot, and in any event under this agreement must be in writing and may within 20 days after the Sale (or such longer period be delivered by hand or sent by first class post or Where these Definitions and Glossary are incorporated, the as we may agree in writing) that the Lot is a non- air mail or fax transmission (if to Bonhams marked following words and phrases used have (unless the context conforming Lot; and for the attention of the Company Secretary), to the otherwise requires) the meanings given to them below. The address or fax number of the relevant party given Glossary is to assist you to understand words and phrases within 20 days of the date of the relevant Sale (or in the Contract Form (unless notice of any change which have a specific legal meaning with which you may not such longer period as we may agree in writing) you of address is given in writing). It is the responsibility be familiar. return the Lot to us in the same condition as it was of the sender of the notice or communication to at the time of the Sale, accompanied by written ensure that it is received in a legible form within any LIST OF DEFINITIONS evidence that the Lot is a non-conforming Lot and applicable time period. details of the Sale and Lot number sufficient to “Additional Premium” a premium, calculated in accordance identify the Lot. 12.5 If any term or any part of any term of this agreement with the Notice to Bidders, to cover Bonhams’ Expenses is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such relating to the payment of royalties under the Artists Resale but not if: unenforceability or invalidity will not affect the Right Regulations 2006 which is payable by the Buyer to enforceability and validity of the remaining terms or Bonhams on any Lot marked [AR] which sells for a Hammer the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot the remainder of the relevant term. Price which together with the Buyer’s Premium (but excluding indicates that the rights given by this paragraph do any VAT) equals or exceeds 1000 euros (converted into not apply to it; or 12.6 References in this agreement to Bonhams will, where the currency of the Sale using the European Central Bank appropriate, include reference to Bonhams’ officers, Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale). employees and agents. “Auctioneer” the representative of Bonhams conducting the Sale.

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 “Bidder” a person who has completed a Bidding Form. “Loss and Damage Warranty” means the warranty described “artist’s resale right”: the right of the creator of a work of art “Bidding Form” our Bidding Registration Form, our Absentee in paragraph 8.2 of the Conditions of Business. to receive a payment on Sales of that work subsequent to the Bidding Form or our Telephone Bidding Form. “Loss and Damage Warranty Fee” means the fee described original Sale of that work by the creator of it as set out in the “Bonhams” Bonhams 1793 Limited or its successors or in paragraph 8.2.3 of the Conditions of Business. Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. assigns. Bonhams is also referred to in the Buyer’s Agreement, “Lot” any item consigned to Bonhams with a view to its Sale “bailee”: a person to whom goods are entrusted. the Conditions of Business and the Notice to Bidders by the at auction or by private treaty (and reference to any Lot will “indemnity”: an obligation to put the person who has words “we”, “us” and “our”. include, unless the context otherwise requires, reference to the benefit of the indemnity in the same position in which “Book” a printed Book offered for Sale at a specialist Book individual items comprised in a group of two or more items he would have been, had the circumstances giving rise to Sale. offered for Sale as one Lot). the indemnity not arisen and the expression “indemnify” is “Business” includes any trade, Business and profession. “Motoring Catalogue Fee” a fee payable by the Seller to construed accordingly. “Buyer” the person to whom a Lot is knocked down by the Bonhams in consideration of the additional work undertaken “interpleader proceedings”: proceedings in the Courts to Auctioneer. The Buyer is also referred to in the Contract for by Bonhams in respect of the cataloguing of motor vehicles determine ownership or rights over a Lot. Sale and the Buyer’s Agreement by the words “you” and and in respect of the promotion of Sales of motor vehicles. “knocked down”: when a Lot is sold to a Bidder, indicated by “your”. “New Bond Street” means Bonhams’ saleroom at 101 New the fall of the hammer at the Sale. “Buyer’s Agreement” the contract entered into by Bonhams Bond Street, London W1S 1SR. “lien”: a right for the person who has possession of the Lot to with the Buyer (see Appendix 2 in the Catalogue). “Notional Charges” the amount of Commission and VAT retain possession of it. “Buyer’s Premium” the sum calculated on the Hammer Price which would have been payable if the Lot had been sold at the “risk”: the possibility that a Lot may be lost, damaged, at the rates stated in the Notice to Bidders. Notional Price. destroyed, stolen, or deteriorate in condition or value. “Catalogue” the Catalogue relating to the relevant Sale, “Notional Fee” the sum on which the Consignment Fee “title”: the legal and equitable right to the ownership of a Lot. including any representation of the Catalogue published on payable to Bonhams by the Seller is based and which is “tort”: a legal wrong done to someone to whom the wrong our Website. calculated according to the formula set out in the Conditions doer has a duty of care. “Commission” the Commission payable by the Seller to of Business. Bonhams calculated at the rates stated in the Contract Form. “Notional Price” the latest in time of the average of the SALE OF GOODS ACT 1979 “Condition Report” a report on the physical condition of a Lot high and low Estimates given by us to you or stated in the provided to a Bidder or potential Bidder by Bonhams on behalf Catalogue or, if no such Estimates have been given or stated, The following is an extract from the Sale of Goods Act 1979: of the Seller. the Reserve applicable to the Lot. “Conditions of Sale” the Notice to Bidders, Contract for Sale, “Notice to Bidders” the notice printed at the back or front of “Section 12 Implied terms about title, etc Buyer’s Agreement and Definitions and Glossary. our Catalogues. “Consignment Fee” a fee payable to Bonhams by the Seller “Purchase Price” the aggregate of the Hammer Price and VAT (1) In a contract of sale, other than one to which subsection calculated at rates set out in the Conditions of Business. on the Hammer Price (where applicable), the Buyer’s Premium (3) below applies, there is an implied term on the part of “Consumer” a natural person who is acting for the relevant and VAT on the Buyer’s Premium and any Expenses. the seller that in the case of a sale he has a right to sell purpose outside his trade, Business or profession. “Reserve” the minimum price at which a Lot may be sold the goods, and in the case of an agreement to sell he “Contract Form” the Contract Form, or vehicle Entry form, as (whether at auction or by private treaty). will have such a right at the time when the property is to applicable, signed by or on behalf of the Seller listing the Lots “Sale” the auction Sale at which a Lot is to be offered for Sale pass. to be offered for Sale by Bonhams. by Bonhams. “Contract for Sale” the Sale contract entered into by the “Sale Proceeds” the net amount due to the Seller from the (2) In a contract of sale, other than one to which subsection Seller with the Buyer (see Appendix 1 in the Catalogue). Sale of a Lot, being the Hammer Price less the Commission, any (3) below applies, there is also an implied term that- “Contractual Description” the only Description of the Lot VAT chargeable thereon, Expenses and any other amount due (being that part of the Entry about the Lot in the Catalogue to us in whatever capacity and howsoever arising. (a) the goods are free, and will remain free until which is in bold letters, any photograph (except for the colour) “Seller” the person who offers the Lot for Sale named on the time when the property is to pass, from any and the contents of any Condition Report) to which the Seller the Contract Form. Where the person so named identifies on charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known undertakes in the Contract of Sale the Lot corresponds. the form another person as acting as his agent, or where the to the buyer before the contract is made, and “Description” any statement or representation in any person named on the Contract Form acts as an agent for a way descriptive of the Lot, including any statement or principal (whether such agency is disclosed to Bonhams or not), (b) the buyer will enjoy quiet possession of the goods representation relating to its authorship, attribution, condition, “Seller” includes both the agent and the principal who shall be except in so far as it may be disturbed by the provenance, authenticity, style, period, age, suitability, quality, jointly and severally liable as such. The Seller is also referred to owner or other person entitled to the benefit origin, value, estimated selling price (including the Hammer in the Conditions of Business by the words “you” and “your”. of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or Price). “Specialist Examination” a visual examination of a Lot by a known. “Entry” a written statement in the Catalogue identifying the specialist on the Lot. Lot and its Lot number which may contain a Description and “Stamp” means a postage Stamp offered for Sale at a (3) This subsection applies to a contract of sale in the case illustration(s) relating to the Lot. Specialist Stamp Sale. of which there appears from the contract or is to be “Estimate” a statement of our opinion of the range within “Standard Examination” a visual examination of a Lot by a inferred from its circumstances an intention that the which the hammer is likely to fall. non-specialist member of Bonhams’ staff. seller should transfer only such title as he or a third “Expenses” charges and Expenses paid or payable by “Storage Contract” means the contract described in person may have. Bonhams in respect of the Lot including legal Expenses, paragraph 8.3.3 of the Conditions of Business or paragraph banking charges and Expenses incurred as a result of an 4.4 of the Buyer’s Agreement (as appropriate). (4) In a contract to which subsection (3) above applies there electronic transfer of money, charges and Expenses for loss and “Storage Contractor” means the company identified as such is an implied term that all charges or encumbrances damage cover, insurance, Catalogue and other reproductions in the Catalogue. known to the seller and not known to the buyer have and illustrations, any customs duties, advertising, packing or “Terrorism” means any act or threatened act of terrorism, been disclosed to the buyer before the contract is made. shipping costs, reproductions rights’ fees, taxes, levies, costs of whether any person is acting alone or on behalf of or in testing, searches or enquiries, preparation of the Lot for Sale, connection with any organisation(s) and/or government(s), (5) In a contract to which subsection (3) above applies storage charges, removal charges, removal charges or costs committed for political, religious or ideological or similar there is also an implied term that none of the following of collection from the Seller as the Seller’s agents or from a purposes including, but not limited to, the intention to will disturb the buyer’s quiet possession of the goods, defaulting Buyer, plus VAT if applicable. influence any government and/or put the public or any section namely: “Forgery” an imitation intended by the maker or any other of the public into fear. person to deceive as to authorship, attribution, origin, “Trust Account” the bank account of Bonhams into which all (a) the seller; authenticity, style, date, age, period, provenance, culture, sums received in respect of the Purchase Price of any source or composition, which at the date of the Sale had a Lot will be paid, such account to be a distinct and separate (b) in a case where the parties to the contract intend value materially less than it would have had if the Lot had not account to Bonhams’ normal business bank account. that the seller should transfer only such title as a been such an imitation, and which is not stated to be such “VAT” value added tax at the prevailing rate at the date of the third person may have, that person; an imitation in any description of the Lot. A Lot will not be a Sale in the United Kingdom. Forgery by reason of any damage to, and/or restoration and/ “Website” Bonhams Website at www.bonhams.com (c) anyone claiming through or under the seller or or modification work (including repainting or over painting) “Withdrawal Notice” the Seller’s written notice to Bonhams that third person otherwise than under a charge having been carried out on the Lot, where that damage, revoking Bonhams’ instructions to sell a Lot. or encumbrance disclosed or known to the buyer restoration or modification work (as the case may be) does not “Without Reserve” where there is no minimum price at before the contract is made. substantially affect the identity of the Lot as one conforming to which a Lot may be sold (whether at auction or by private the Description of the Lot. treaty). (5A) As regards England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the “Guarantee” the obligation undertaken personally by term implied by subsection (1) above is a condition and Bonhams to the Buyer in respect of any Forgery and, in the GLOSSARY the terms implied by subsections (2), (4) and (5) above case of specialist Stamp Sales and/or specialist Book Sales, a Lot are warranties.” made up of a Stamp or Stamps or a Book or Books as set out The following expressions have specific legal meanings with in the Buyer’s Agreement. which you may not be familiar. The following glossary is “Hammer Price” the price in the currency in which the Sale is intended to give you an understanding of those expressions conducted at which a Lot is knocked down by the Auctioneer. but is not intended to limit their legal meanings:

NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 To e-mail any of the below use the first name dot second Bonhams Specialist Departments name @bonhams.com eg. [email protected]

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SD22/05/14 International Salerooms, Offices and Associated Companies( • Indicates Saleroom)

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G-NET/9/14 Registration and Bidding Form (Attendee / Absentee / Online / Telephone Bidding) Please circle your bidding method above.

Sale title: Fine Chinese Art / Sale date: The Roy Davids Collection of Chinese Ceramics Thursday 6 November 2014

Sale no. 21355 / Sale venue: New Bond Street, London Paddle number (for office use only) 22659 If you are not attending the sale in person, please provide details of the Lots on which you wish to bid at least 24 hours This sale will be conducted in accordance with prior to the sale. Bids will be rounded down to the nearest increment. Please refer to the Notice to Bidders in the catalogue Bonhams’ Conditions of Sale and bidding and buying for further information relating to Bonhams executing telephone, online or absentee bids on your behalf. Bonhams will at the Sale will be regulated by these Conditions. endeavour to execute these bids on your behalf but will not be liable for any errors or failing to execute bids. You should read the Conditions in conjunction with General Bid Increments: the Sale Information relating to this Sale which sets £10 - 200 ...... by 10s £10,000 - 20,000 ...... by 1,000s out the charges payable by you on the purchases £200 - 500 ...... by 20 / 50 / 80s £20,000 - 50,000 ...... by 2,000 / 5,000 / 8,000s you make and other terms relating to bidding and buying at the Sale. You should ask any questions you £500 - 1,000 ...... by 50s £50,000 - 100,000 ...... by 5,000s have about the Conditions before signing this form. £1,000 - 2,000 ...... by 100s £100,000 - 200,000 .....by 10,000s These Conditions also contain certain undertakings £2,000 - 5,000 ...... by 200 / 500 / 800s above £200,000 ...... at the auctioneer’s discretion by bidders and buyers and limit Bonhams’ liability to £5,000 - 10,000 ...... by 500s bidders and buyers. The auctioneer has discretion to split any bid at any time.

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