GROUP OF THREE PORCELAIN WARES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
£1,134
Auction: 15 March 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
清 乾隆款 粉彩豆青地花卉題詩碗、哥釉鐵鏽花梅紋蓋罐 及 康熙款 青花龍鳳呈祥圖蓋罐（共三件）
comprising: a celadon ground famille rose bowl, one side painted with flowers, the reverse inscribed with poem, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue, 11.6cm diameter; a Ge-type-ground ginger jar, with moulded decoration of prunus in relief covered in dark glaze, 19.7cm high; and blue and white ‘prunus and cracked ice’ ginger jar, the base inscribed with a four-character Kangxi mark within double-circles, 14.4cm high
Dimensions
largest: 19.7cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by Lawrence Edward Coleman O.B.E., thence by descent.
Lawrence Edward Coleman, awarded O.B.E on 1st January 1943 for his service to the Fire Brigade, was the Great Uncle of the current owner. He was a senior fire officer stationed in Penang, Malaysia during the 1920s/30s and returned to Britain pre-1939 and brought the collection back then.
The vendor of this collection has provided a document issued by Penang Municipal Fire Brigade, George Town, Penang, to Lawrence Edward Coleman Esqr. for his “departure on retirement after 11 years of meritorious service with the Brigade”.
A collection of porcelain wares have been sold in this saleroom on 4 November 2022, lot 154-158