[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, LONDON] RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'WESTERN TRIBUTE BEARERS WITH CAMEL' BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
£630
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 花押款 青花八蠻進貢駱駝圖碗
the exterior decorated with a procession of eight tribute bearers and a camel bearing tribute approaching a walled city, all set within a landscape of rocky outcrops and pine trees, with maritime fortresses in the background, the interior painted with a four-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds as it reaches for a flaming pearl within a central medallion, the inside border adorned with a band of interlocking coin pattern with swastikas, the base inscribed with a square mark within double circles
Dimensions
19.6cm diameter
Provenance
Private English collection, London; acquired from a private English collection in Gloucester and originally via the same family in Yorkshire, the bowl has been in the family for at least 150 years (by repute)
英格蘭私人收藏,倫敦;購自一英格蘭格洛斯特私人收藏,此家族源自英格蘭約克郡,據傳此碗於此家族遞藏已至少150年。
Footnote
A closely comparable blue and white bowl with similar tribute bearers and decoration, dated to the Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 27 September 2022, lot 631; another related Qing dynasty, 18th century bowl was offered at Bonhams London, 6 November 2008, lot 24.