Lot 138
TWO CHINESE RED-GLAZED PLATES
ONE WITH YONGZHENG MARK, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Auction: 16 September 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
十九至二十世紀 紅釉盤 及 雍正款 內白外紅釉盤 （共兩件）
one with its interior and exterior covered in red glaze, the base in white glaze; the other plate with the interior in white glaze, and the exterior in red glaze, the centre of the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark in double circles in underglaze blue (2)
Dimensions
15cm diameter each
Provenance
Collection of Sir Alan Campbell, GCMG, thence by descent to his daughter
The diplomat Alan Campbell (later Sir Alan Campbell, 1919-2007) was the youngest son of Hugh Campbell, (1873-1943) silk merchant and Director of Ilbert & Co, Shanghai. In 1905 Hugh Campbell married Ethel Warren (1881-1951) daughter of HM Consul-General in Shanghai, Sir Pelham Warren (1845-1923). Alan Campbell, who inherited an interest in Chinese porcelain from his parents, probably acquired this dish in Beijing in 1956-57 during his time as Head of Chancery at the British Legation. His neighbour and colleague in the Legation was John Addis (later Sir John Addis KCMG, 1914-83, British Ambassador to China 1972-4), a collector and authority on Ming porcelain, who made important donations of ceramics and textiles to the British Museum and the V&A Museum. Campbell’s memoir Colleagues and Friends, published in 1988, mentions shopping for antiquities in Wig Street and getting ‘sound advice’ from Addis.
阿蘭・坎貝爾爵士（GCMG，1919–2007）舊藏，後由其女兒繼承。
外交官阿蘭・坎貝爾（後獲封爵為阿蘭・坎貝爾爵士，1919–2007）為休・坎貝爾（1873–1943）之幼子。其父為絲綢商人及上海 Ilbert & Co. 公司董事。1905年，休・坎貝爾與埃塞爾・沃倫（1881–1951）結婚；埃塞爾為英國駐上海總領事佩勒姆・沃倫爵士（1845–1923）之女。
阿蘭・坎貝爾承襲父母對中國瓷器的興趣，並很可能於1956至1957年間任英國公使館館務處主任期間，在北京購得此碟。他在公使館的鄰居兼同僚為約翰・艾迪斯（後為約翰・艾迪斯爵士KCMG，1914–1983），後者為中國明代瓷器的重要收藏家及鑑賞家，並曾向大英博物館及維多利亞與艾伯特博物館捐贈重要的中國陶瓷及紡織品藏品。
坎貝爾於1988年出版的回憶錄《同僚與朋友》（Colleagues and Friends）中，憶述自己曾在威格街（Wig Street）尋覓古董，並獲艾迪斯提供「可靠的意見」。