Lot 209
PAIR OF CRACKLE GLAZE VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Auction: 11 March 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Description
清末民初 仿哥釉古銅紋獸耳對瓶
each of slightly compressed pear shaped, the middle part imitating a bronze effect with a band of leaf and key fret patterns, flanked by a pair of mythical beasts as handles
Dimensions
28cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Property from Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian.
Newbattle Abbey, which sits outside Edinburgh in the Midlothian countryside, has origins dating back 900 years. Originally a Cistercian monastery founded in the 12th century by monks form Melrose Abbey, it was developed in the 16th century as a country house, with expansions and further improvements in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house incorporates some existing elements of the earlier abbey in the south part, with stone used for building the new house as well as a new parish church. Newbattle Abbey is considered a rare example of a Scottish house converted for secular use which retained elements from its ecclesiastical past. It is now a category A listed building due to its national and historical importance.
In 1930, shortly after inheriting the estates of Newbattle, Monteviot, Ferniehurst and Blickling, the 11th Marquess of Lothian decided to hand over Newbattle Abbey, its contents and 125 acres of garden and parkland to a foundation that would run an education college. Newbattle Abbey College opened to students in 1937 and, apart from a break during World War II, its educational role continues to this day.