£1,188
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
清 粉彩仕女教子圖茶壺 及 嘉慶款 粉彩仕女圖碟(兩件)
a lidded teapot painted with ladies and boys in garden, reverse inscribed with poem, with two metal over-head handles; together with a saucer finely decorated with four ladies engaging with leisurely activities, the exterior painted with five bats, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiaqing mark in iron-red
Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage
Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.