A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the globular body rising from a circular foot to an inverted rim, applied with a glaze of rich oxblood-red colour thinning to white at the rim, 31cm high Provenance: From the Collection of Alfred Augustus Field (1898-1977), who worked in Calcutta as a pharmacist from around 1920 until the early 1950s. During his time in India, his love of ceramics developed and he started collecting various pieces that interested him. His collection later passed to his daughter and thence by descent in the 1980s. 清 祭红釉天球瓶 Condition Report Surface scratches, chips to foot rim.