LOT 933 A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE ARMORIAL BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
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C.1765.Each with a slightly flattened body painted with the arms of Bonham impaling Richardson, with vignettes of flowers, leaves and butterflies, flanked by a pair of beast mask ring handles to the waisted necks, the covers similarly decorated, surmounted by Buddhist lion finials, 44.5cm overall. (4)Provenance: Sir Samuel George Bonham Bt KCB, Governor of the Straits Settlements and the third Governor of Hong Kong, 1803-1859.Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.617, where a jar with the same coat of arms is illustrated, and dated to 1765.
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