A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL-YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADY AND CHILD’ VASE, QING DYNASTY
China, 18th - 19th century. Finely potted, the bulbous body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a waisted neck flanked by ruyi-form handles below the flared mouth. Brightly decorated in remarkably fine enameling to the exterior against a flawless imperial-yellow ground to each side with a foliate panel enclosing a charming scene with a boy presenting a flower to his mother, who is seated on a pierced rockwork bench within a fenced garden, all surrounded by floral blossoms borne on scrolling vines. The neck similarly decorated with peony and prunus blossoms borne on scrolling vines separated by bands of lotus scroll against a white ground enclosed by gilt borders, the foot and mouth encircled by geometric bands.


Provenance:
From the collection of Captain Charles Oswald Liddell, acquired in China before 1914 and thence by descent. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Captain Charles Oswald Liddell (1854-1941) worked in China from 1877 to 1913. Liddell collaborated with A. W. Bahr in an exhibition in Shanghai in 1908, as Chairman of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and in writing descriptions for it, which were printed by A. W. Bahr in “Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China” in 1911. Charles Liddell had formed his collection, except for three pieces, while trading in China for nearly forty years. He purchased a number of pieces from two significant sources: Prince Chun, the last Regent of the Qing Dynasty, and the private secretary of Li Hong Zhang. In May 1929, Bluett offered a part of the collection, publishing a catalog of “The Liddell Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain” with 229 entries. A Falangcai bowl from the Lidell collection was acquired by Charles Russell and was subsequently in the collections of Barbara Hutton and Robert Chang, breaking a world record for Chinese art when it was sold in 2006 for HKD 151,320,000, purchased Dr. Alice Cheng, who recently sold the bowl again via Sotheby’s for
HKD 198,220,000 in April 2023
.

Condition:
Superb condition with only very minor old wear and firing irregularities, minor rubbing to gilt and enamels.One microscopic hairline (4 mm) to the foot.

Weight: 640.6 g
Dimensions: Height 20.8 cm


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 8 November 2022, lot 155
Price: EUR 94,500 or approx.
EUR 100,000
adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A yellow-ground famille-rose ‘floral’ double-gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related famille rose decoration on an Imperial yellow ground and the unmarked base. Note the different form and similar size (18.5 cm).




清代黃地粉彩開光《嬰戲圖》瓶


描述
：
中國, 十八至十九世紀。瓶侈口、長頸、雙耳、鼓腹、圈足。外壁精美琺瑯，黃色釉地，纏枝牡丹和桃紋；兩個葉狀開光四周描金，開光内，一個男童正向他的母親獻上一朵花，婦人坐在石凳上。中間以蓮花捲帶分隔，白色背景上有鍍金邊框；瓶足和口周圍環繞著幾何帶。


來源
：
Charles Oswald Liddell爵士於1914年之前購於中國，保存至今。Liddell爵士出生於蘇格蘭愛丁堡，1877 年至 1913 年在中國工作。他於 1880 年在上海與Elizabeth Birt結婚，從而繼承了那裡的Birt碼頭，並將業務擴展到杭州、天津和哈爾濱。1908年，Liddell與A. W. Bahr合作在上海舉辦展覽，擔任皇家亞洲學會華北分會主席並為其撰寫說明，由A. W. Bahr 1911 年在《中國古代瓷器與藝術品》一書中出版印刷，Charles Liddell 在中國近四十年時間裏，逐漸形成了他自己的收藏，除了三件藏品之外。他有兩個重要的古玩來源：清朝最後一位攝政王淳親王以及李洪章的私人秘書和顧問。1929 年 5 月，Bluett 提供了部分藏品，出版了《Liddell中國古瓷器收藏》畫冊，共收錄了229件藏品 。一個琺瑯彩碗被Charles Russell收購，隨後被Barbara Hutton和Robert Chang收藏，於2006 年以151,320,000 港元的價格售出，打破了中國藝術品的世界紀錄，最近被Alice Cheng博士收購。2023年4月，該碗再次通過蘇富比以港幣198,220,000成交。

品相
：
品相極佳，只有非常輕微磨損和燒製不規則，鎏金和琺瑯有輕微摩擦。足部有一條冲線 (4厘米)。

重量：640.6 克 尺寸：高 20.8 厘米


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比，2022年11月8日，lot 94,500
價格：EUR 94,500（相當於今日
EUR 100,000
）
描述：清十八世紀黃地粉彩花卉紋開光耳葫蘆扁瓶
專家評論：比較相近的黃地粉彩裝飾 。請注意不同的外形和相似的尺寸 (18.5 釐米)。