Roseberys_An Important Collection of Chinese Art 《琅御千澤》 by Roseberys London

An Important Collection of

Chinese Art

琅御千澤：重要中國藝術品珍藏

Tuesday 29 October 2024

二〇二四年十月二十九日

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An Important UK Private Collection of Chinese Art

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PART I (Lots 1 - 31)

Eight Imperial ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowls, lots 1-8

The use of the various patterns of porcelain within the Imperial household was highly codified during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Bowls painted and enamelled in the wucai palette with descending phoenixes alternating striding dragons were first produced during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. Like many of the new designs introduced in this period, the wucai motif of dragons and phoenixes found its inspiration in patterns of the Ming dynasty. An Imperial Wanli wucai dish with a design of dragons and phoenixes is the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, Accession Number: 17.118.17.

Bowls of this design were produced throughout the 18th century and continued to be produced through the whole Qing dynasty, with many Qianlong and Daoguang examples known. In the twenty-first year of Qianlong (1756), an inventory check of Imperial wares of various mediums was carried out by the directors of the Qianqing Palace, the Yangxin Palace, and the Old Summer Palace; this inventory includes a grand-total of 943 wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowls, bearing Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong marks, across five different lists.

The fact that these bowls were produced in such large numbers in the early Qing dynasty, alongside their presence in the Imperial palaces, implies that they were used as dining wares for the Imperial family; Qing dynasty records also suggest that these bowls were used for wedding celebrations and Imperial Qianqing Palace banquets, due to their auspiciousness.

The five-clawed dragon is a symbol of the dignity and power of the Emperor, and represents fertility, while the phoenix embodies the warmth of the sun and helps produce male offspring. When depicted together they generally represent the Emperor and Empress and are symbolic of marital bliss. A common auspicious phrased used in Chinese

weddings is ‘long feng cheng xiang’ - meaning ‘Dragon and Phoenix bring Auspiciousness’. The auspiciousness of the present motif is further compounded by the use of Buddhist Emblems in the border at the rim.

These bowls are also recorded to have been used as Imperial gifts: when the Neapolitan Jesuit missionary Matteo Ripa, known in Chinese as Ma Guoxian（马国贤） , on the first year of Yongzheng (1723) requested a leave of absence from the Imperial court to return to Italy after a series of bereavements in his family, the emperor Yongzheng bestowed him with a gift of porcelain wares, which included forty of these wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowls. A similar occurrence is recorded on the 9th year of Yongzheng: when two Westerners, Ruose Li and Weida Na, requested permission to return to Europe, they were gifted a number of porcelains, including eighty ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowls.

Whilst, from the Yongzheng period onwards, wucai and doucai enamels started being replaced with the famille rose palette of enamels, ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowls in wucai enamels were one of the few designs whose production continued uninterrupted, remaining a staple of the Imperial factories throughout the Qing dynasty.

Cf. A Kangxi prototype of this pattern, in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Beijing, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. A Qianlong example was sold by Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 2021, lot 174; another, also with Qianlong seal mark, was sold by Christie’s New York, 20 - 21 March 2014, lot 2129.

For Daoguang examples, see Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2024, lot 39; and Christie’s New York, 15 - 16 March 2015, lot 3155.

御製五彩龍鳳紋盌八件

明清時期，景德鎮御窯作為專供皇家燒造瓷器的窯口，逐漸形成了完整的體系和統一的工藝規範。按照朝廷製定的標準進行燒造是明清御窯瓷器的一大特色。

此式五彩龍鳳碗的燒造始於康熙年間並延续至宣统朝。其靈感來源與同時期創燒的許多品種相似，皆受明代瓷器紋飾啟發。紐約大都會博物館藏萬曆年間御製五彩龍鳳紋盤即使用此類繪畫裝飾，藏品編號：17.118.17。

這種紋飾的碗為大運瓷，在清朝一直都有燒造，諸多帶有乾隆和道光年款。據乾清宫、養心殿與頤和園總管於乾隆二十一年對各宫御用器皿進行清點的五份清單記載，帶康熙、雍正、乾隆年款的龍鳳紋碗共計九百四十三件。

此式碗在清初燒造的數量之多也是其曾為御用膳食器的重要佐證。清宮檔案還記載，由於此類碗的畫片寓意頗為吉祥的緣故，也曾用於慶祝婚禮和乾清宮宴會。

五爪龍象徵著帝王的尊嚴、權力和生育力；鳳凰則代表溫暖的太陽、助皇帝孕育子嗣。當龍鳳同時出現時則代表皇帝與皇后，象徵其婚姻美滿、福澤深厚。正如

中國人慶祝婚禮時常說的龍鳳呈祥。此外碗的邊緣使用佛教八寶紋飾更加豐富了其吉祥美滿的寓意。

據記錄，此類碗也曾被用作御賜禮。雍正元年，那不勒斯耶穌會傳教士馬國賢（Matteo Ripa）因家中變故暫時離朝回意大利。臨行前雍正皇帝賜給他的各式瓷器中就包括四十只此式龍鳳碗。

從雍正時期開始，五彩和鬥彩逐漸被粉彩所取代。但此式五彩龍鳳碗從未斷燒過，且為御窯廠的主要產品之一。

參照：

故宮藏康熙年款五彩龍鳳碗，詳見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系 - 五彩·鬥彩》，北京，1999年，第148頁面, 編號 136。

紐約蘇富比2021年3月17日拍賣第174號；紐約佳士得2014年3月20 - 21日拍賣第2129號。

道光年款請參見香港邦瀚斯2024年5月29日拍賣第 39號；紐約佳士得2015年3月15 - 16日拍賣第3155 號。

A large Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang seal mark and period

Finely painted and enamelled with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst floral scrolls, separated by a pair of descending phoenixes, the centre with a further dragon roundel, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 15.7cm diameter

清道光五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£10,000 - £15,000

A large Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Typically painted in underglaze blue and crisply enamelled in shades of green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 15.7cm diameter.

清道光五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£12,000 - £18,000

A Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Jiaqing mark and period

Vividly painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in red, green, yellow and aubergine with striding five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl, alternating with phoenixes amidst foliate floral scrolls, below a border with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the interior decorated with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon pursuing the flaming pearl, the base with underglaze blue seal mark, 15cm diameter

清嘉慶五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清嘉慶年製」款

£4,000 - £6,000

A Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Finely painted in cobalt blue and crisply enamelled in typical colours with dragons chasing flaming pearls and descending phoenixes amongst leafy floral meanders, the base with underglaze blue six-character seal mark, 13cm diameter

清乾隆五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£8,000 - £12,000

A large Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Vividly painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine with descending phoenixes and striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, the centre with iron-red dragon roundel, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 15.7cm diameter

清乾隆五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£12,000 - £18,000

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Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Finely painted in brilliant cobalt blue and vividly enamelled around the exterior with descending phoenixes and striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, the interior with a dragon roundel, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 13cm diameter

清乾隆五彩龍鳳盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£8,000 - £12,000

A large Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Vividly painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine with descending phoenixes alternating striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, the centre with ironred dragon roundel, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 15.5cm diameter

清乾隆五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£12,000 - £18,000

A large Chinese Imperial wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Crisply painted in underglaze blue and finely enamelled with a pair of dragons and a pair of phoenixes chasing flaming pearls under a border of petals and Buddhist emblems, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 15.7cm diameter

清乾隆五彩龍鳳紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£12,000 - £18,000

A Chinese Imperial doucai ‘honeysuckle’ dish

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Painted and enamelled to the interior with a central medallion of a stylised honeysuckle spray, the exterior with further stylised floral sprays around the sides, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 21.2cm diameter

清乾隆鬥彩繪金銀花紋盤，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£1,000 - £2,000

Two Chinese Imperial famille rose ‘Bajixiang’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Qianlong and Daoguang seal marks and period

Each similarly decorated in bright enamels with Buddhist Emblems on a plain white ground, between a keyfret border at the rim and a ruyicloud band at the foot, the bases with six-character seal marks in underglaze blue, Qianlong bowl 10.6cm diameter, Daoguang bowl 11cm diameter (2).

清乾隆、道光粉彩繪八吉祥紋盌兩件，

青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」、「大清道光年製」款

£2,000 - £3,000

A pair of Chinese Imperial blue-ground and gilded ‘Buddhist emblems’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Jiaqing marks and period

Each finely gilded on the thin, straight sides, with Buddhist emblems over an elaborate lotus scroll on a rich blue ground, the interior with traces of the original turquoise enamel, the base with turquoise enamel surrounding the iron-red six-character seal mark, 11.2cm diameter each (2).

清嘉慶藍地描金繪佛教八寶紋盌一對，

礬紅篆書「大清嘉慶年製」款

£4,000 - £6,000

A Chinese Imperial iron-red and gilt sgraffiato-ground ‘dragons’ bowl and cover

Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, Shengdetang zhi mark

Each enamelled and gilded en-suite with dragons chasing flaming pearls on a white enamel ground finely-incised with a wave pattern, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, with iron-red four character marks in regular script, 10.5cm diameter

清道光白地軋道礬紅描金繪龍紋蓋盌，礬紅楷書「慎德堂製」款

The ‘Hall of Prudent Virtue’ (慎德堂 Shengde tang), was Emperor Daoguang’s main residence, built within the ‘Old Summer Palace’ (圓明園 Yuanming yuan) between 1830 and 1831.

The first account of Imperial porcelain bearing a Shengde tang mark being commissioned is recorded within the archives of the Imperial Household Department: in the thirteenth year of his reign (1833), the Daoguang Emperor issued an edict ordering, by Imperial command, that a spittoon and sixty further pieces of porcelain with white interiors be made with a Shengdetang zhi four-character mark in regular script.

Cf. A bowl and cover of the same design is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Z. Congyue, Porcelains with Inscriptions of the Shendetang Collected by the Palace Museum, Beijing (2014), pp.122-125, no.27. See also Christie’s New York, 26th March 2010, lot 1435 for a pair of dishes of this design.

£10,000 - £15,000

A pair of Chinese Imperial famille rose ‘Eighteen Luohans’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Xianfeng marks and period

The gently rounded sides finely enamelled to the exteriors with the Eighteen Luohans on a continuous coastal landscape, each of them holding their implement, two of them crossing a bridge, with the misty peaks of the Isles of the Blessed in the distance, the bases with iron-red six-character marks in regular script, 14.6cm diameter each (2).

清咸豐粉彩繪十八羅漢紋盌一對，礬紅楷書「大清咸豐年製」款

The present pair of bowls is decorated with the Eighteen Luohans, who act as guardians of the Buddhist faith, and have obtained enlightenment through merit and virtue.

Because of the logistic impediments caused by the Taiping rebellion, which wreaked havoc in much of Southern China between 1850 and 1874, Imperial orders at the factories at Jingdezhen are thought to have been successfully produced and transported only for the first two years of Xianfeng’s reign, making Xianfeng-marked Imperial porcelain extremely rare.

Cf. A bowl of the same decoration, but slightly bigger size, also from the Xianfeng reign, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, no. 84-1883. Another bowl with the same decoration with Shendetang Zhi marks, also slightly bigger, was offered by Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3328.

£8,000 - £12,000

A Chinese Imperial famille rose ruby-ground sgraffiato ‘hundred antiques’ medallion bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Finely enamelled around the exterior with medallions of arrangements of antiques and delicate flowers, all surrounded by scrolls of blossoming prunus reserved on a ruby brocaded sgraffiato ground, the interior painted in cobalt blue with lanterns to the well surrounding a central medallion of a tasselled ornament, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 14.8cm diameter

清道光胭脂紅地軋道開光繪博古紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

Brightly-enamelled famille rose bowls decorated with medallions over sgraffiato grounds of various colours, with fine underglaze blue painting to the interiors, were first produced during the reign of the Qianlong emperor and became a staple of the Imperial kilns during the reigns of his successors. This is true especially during the reign of Daoguang, when particularly fine examples in a range of motifs were made.

The lantern design on the present bowl is a rebus for ‘good harvest’, feng deng. It is likely that these bowls were used particularly during the Lantern Festival, as suggested by Jan Stuart in the exhibition catalogue Joined Colors, Washington D.C., 1993, cat.no. 58, where an example from the Dr. S.Y. Kwan collection is illustrated.

Cf. Examples of the same pattern have been sold in recent years by Woolley and Wallis, 17 May 2022, lot 572; Sotheby’s New York, 21 September 2021, lot 131; and a pair sold by Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th November 2018, lot 2970.

£15,000 - £25,000

Three Chinese yellow sgraffiato-ground ‘medallion’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, two mark and period and one with apocryphal Qianlong mark

Comprising: a pair with Daoguang seal marks to bases in iron red, each 12.2cm diameter; and one with apocryphal six-character seal mark in ironred, 13.2cm diameter (3).

清道光黃地軋道開光繪人物、山水及博古圖紋盌三件，礬紅篆書「大清道光年製」款、「大清乾隆年製」寄

托款

£6,000 - £8,000 16

A pair of Chinese Imperial famille rose yellow sgraffiato-ground ‘medallion’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Daoguang marks and period

Each enamelled to the interiors with a stylised eight-petalled lotus, the bases with underglaze blue six-character seal marks, each 15cm diameter (2).

清道光黃地軋道開光繪山水圖紋盌一對，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

Cf. a similar yellow-ground bowl illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 2016, pp.220-221, no.86.

A similar yellow-ground bowl was sold by Christie’s London, 27 May 2022, lot 1099, and a further related bowl, but of ruby ground, by Bonhams, New Bond Street, 16 May 2019, lot 131.

£4,000 - £6,000

A pair of Chinese Imperial famille rose yellow-ground ‘bats and peaches’ saucer dishes

Guangxu marks and period

Each enamelled and gilt on the bright yellow ground with five bats alighting over fruiting peach branches interspersed with stylised ‘Shou’ medallions, the base with iron-red six-character marks in kaishu, 10.8cm diameters (2).

清光緒黃地粉彩描金繪福壽圖紋小盤一對，礬紅楷書「大清光緒年製」款

£2,000 - £3,000

A Chinese Imperial yellow-glazed anhua ‘dragon’ dish

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Incised to the centre with a dragon and flaming pearl, the exterior with two further dragons also chasing flaming pearls, the thinly-potted vessel with gently-rounded sides and everted rim, glazed overall in a rich, egg yolk-yellow glaze, the base left white and with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 14.3cm diameter.

清道光黃地暗花龍紋盤，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£3,000 - £5,000

A Chinese famille rose yellow-ground ‘Jixiang ruyi’ medallion bowl

Qing dynasty, 19th century, apocryphal Qianlong mark

Enamelled with four medallions, each enclosing characters forming the well-wishing phrase jixiang ruyi 吉祥如意, meaning ‘every wish as you desire’, reserved on a bright yellow ground embellished with scrolling lotus, the base with underglaze blue six-character seal mark, 9.7cm diameter.

十九世紀黃地粉彩吉祥如意紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄託款

£2,000 - £3,000

A Chinese famille rose ‘fori changming’ bowl

Late Qing dynasty/Republic period, apocryphal Qianlong mark

Brightly enamelled around the exterior, the base with iron-red six-character seal mark, 12.5cm diameter

清晚期/民國黃地粉彩佛日常明紋盌，礬紅篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄托款

£2,000 - £3,000

A Chinese famille rose ‘fori changming’ bowl Qing dynasty, 19th century, apocryphal Qianlong mark

Brightly enamelled with medallions enclosing the characters ‘fori changming’, forming the phrase ‘the light of Buddha shines eternally’, around the exterior, on a bright yellow scrolling floral ground, the base with six-character seal mark in iron-red, 12.5cm diameter

清十九世紀黃地粉彩佛日常明紋盌，礬紅篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄托款

£8,000 - £12,000

A Chinese Imperial famille rose ‘fori changming’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Jiaqing mark and period

Brightly enamelled with pink medallions enclosing characters forming the phrase ‘fori changming’, ‘the light of the Buddha shines eternally’, on a scrolling lotus ground, the base with blue-enamelled four-character mark within a double square, 11.6cm diameter

清嘉慶黃地粉彩佛日常明紋盌，蓝彩楷書「嘉慶年製」款

佛日常明 (fori changming) may be translated as ‘The Light of Buddha Shines Eternally’. The design of the present lot initiated, like many others, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, and kept being produced during the reigns of his successors.

The Qing Palace Archives record it as being approved by Emperor Qianlong himself in the first year of his reign: ‘On the twentysecond day of the twelfth month in the first year of the Qianlong reign (1736)... the emperor endorsed the production of wares in accordance with the plate prototype featuring a yellow ground with green-enamelled floral motifs and the four characters 佛日常明 (fori changming), applicable on any 7-cun (the Chinese measurement cun is equivalent to 3.2-3.55 cm) plate, 5-cun plate, large bowl and small bowl...’

Moreover, it is recorded that forty of these bowls were received by the Buddha Hall of Qianlong as ritual offerings bowls, amongst a number of other designs, in the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Qianlong (1747). A later inventory check carried out on the twenty-first year of Qianlong (1756) in the Buddha Hall only found five of this pattern. A further seventeen of the large size, and eighty-three of the small size, were found in an inventory of the Imperial kitchens carried out the following month of the same year. A further inventory of the Imperial kitchen carried out on the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799) finds the number of ‘fori changming’ bowls unchanged, suggesting that production of this pattern may have stopped for some time.

Bowls of this pattern, with a Jiaqing mark, appear to be rarer than their Qianlong counterparts. Imperial records report that, on the eleventh year of his reign (1806), Emperor Jiaqing ordered a further inventory check to be carried out, with the ultimate purpose to halve porcelain production overall; two years later, in 1808 (the thirteenth year of Jiaqing), thirty new small ‘fori changming’ bowls with Jiaqing four-character marks were presented to court. Later that year, a further inventory check was carried out by the Imperial Kitchens; the Emperor then instructed that the thirty bowls found with Jiaqing mark were sufficient, and to replace this pattern in the forthcoming orders with fifteen yellow bowls and fifteen green ‘peach’ bowls.

Cf. A very similar example to the present bowl dating from the Jiaqing period, also with an overglaze blue-enamel four-character mark to base, is in the collection of the British Museum, accession no. Franks.360.a, also illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command: an Introduction to Ch’ing Imperial Painted Enamels, Hibiya, Hong Kong (1976), pl. 7, p. 33.

£3,000 - £5,000

A Chinese Imperial famille rose yellow-ground ‘fori changming’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Finely enamelled around the exterior with four roundels, each enclosing characters forming the phrase ‘fori changming’, meaning ‘the light of the Buddha shines eternally’, reserved on pink diaper grounds and surrounded by stylised scrolling lotuses on a bright yellow ground, the base with underglaze-blue fourcharacter mark in regular script within a double- square, 16.2cm diameter

Provenance: Arthur J. Brown, Harrogate, c40 (label).

清乾隆黃地粉彩佛日常明紋盌，青花楷書「乾隆年製」款

來源：Arthur J. Brown (亞瑟 J. 布朗)，哈洛蓋特（北約克郡），

c40（標籤）。

Cf. Bowls of this pattern with Qianlong marks include examples sold by Sotheby’s, New York, 21 March 2018, lot 669; Christie’s, Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2202, (previously sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 550); one sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th April 2003, lot 190; one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd November 1998, lot 967; and lastly, one from the British Rail Pension Fund, sold in Sotheby’s London, 13th November 1972, lot 180, (and again in Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16th May 1989, lot 86).

£15,000 - £25,000

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Chinese Imperial famille rose yellow-ground ‘peony’ bowl

Daoguang seal mark and of the period

The exterior finely enamelled with three large headed scrolling peonies on a bright Imperial yellow ground, the base with sixcharacter seal mark in underglaze blue, 11.4cm diameter

清道光黃地粉彩繪牡丹紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

The design on the current bowl is a continuation of a Kangxi falangcai prototype, examples of which can be found both in the National Palace museum in Taiwan (accession no. 013985N000000000) and the Palace Museum in Beijing (accession no. 00148326).

Cf. A similar bowl, also Daoguang mark and period, recently sold by Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2022, lot 350.

£3,000 - £5,000

Six Imperial yangcai bowls, lots 25-29

Featuring an imaginary flower, known as ‘baoxianghua’, that combines elements of peony, pomegranate, chrysanthemum, lotus and other flowers and plants, to represent majesty and beauty, the magnificent enamelling on this group of bowls is a testament to the technical artistry and aesthetic mastery reached by the artisans of the Imperial workshops during the early to mid Qing dynasty. The decoration of the interior, with its five bats, wufu, represents a further auspicious wish for the owner to enjoy the ‘Five Blessings’ of longevity, health, wealth, love of virtue, and peaceful death.

The term Yangcai (洋彩) first appeared in the records of Tang Ying, Taosheng Jishi (陶成纪事), written in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, where yangcai is described as a new category of glazed and enamelled porcelain inspired by Western painted enamel on copper. A number of yangcai wares were produced, later to become Imperial tea and dining vessels.

Palace records report that on the thirteenth day of the tenth month of the second year of Qianlong’s reign (AD1737), the Emperor was presented with ten new designs, including that of the present bowl, listed as ‘yellow-ground yangcai Palace bowl with foreign flowers’ (洋彩黃地洋花宮碗)1. Qianlong was so enamoured with the magnificent composition of baroque, scrolling flowers, that not only did he approve the production of this type of bowl in greater numbers, ordering: ‘this is a very good bowl, make more (洋彩黄地洋花宫碗甚好，再燒造些)’2, but he also requested that the pattern be applied to boxes and covers, and vases.

During the reign of Daoguang, bowls of this pattern are thought to be referred to as ‘five-bats enamel bowls’. They are present in the records of the Imperial Palace archives from as early as the twelfth month of the first year of Daoguang’s reign (AD1821), when the records report that ‘(the Imperial Household Department) received a new shipment from Jiujiang, pieces with the Daoguang mark, including twenty large five-bat enamel

bowls and thirty small five-bat enamel bowls.’ The following year, when the Guangchu Division of the Imperial Household Department instructed the Jiangjiu to relay to the Imperial Kiln a list of the wares needed for the Imperial Tea and Dining Room, this list included ‘large five-bat enamel bowls’ and ‘small five-bat’ enamel bowls, with the request to produce several pieces of each. This suggests that bowls of this pattern were produced exclusively for the Imperial Tea and Dining Room, at the explicit behest of the court.

Production of these bowls was stopped in the 28th year of Daoguang (AD1849), by Imperial order. That year, when presented by a minister with the memorial listing the suggested porcelain production order for the year, Emperor Daoguang expressed dissatisfaction with the burdensome arbitrary rules of the past regulating the seasonality of patterns of porcelain and requested that the production of sixteen wares in this list be stopped immediately. Amongst these was the fivebat, floral bowl.

Palace records indicate that these bowls were produced in two sizes, both featured in the present collection. An example of the smaller size (14.8 cm diameter) is a pair from the Fonthill Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2892. The larger examples at 18.5 cm include a bowl in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, 1977, vol. 12, no. 163; a bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. C.292-1918, illustrated by R. Kerr, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 106; and yet another bowl illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, 1999, p. 234, no. 338 (A630).

See a pair of the larger sized bowls sold by Christies Hong Kong, 1 Jun 2011, lot 3655; a single bowl sold by Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 2018, lot 544; and another also sold by Sotheby’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 34.

1中國第一歷史檔案館, 香港中文大學文物館合編., 中國第一歷史檔案館., 香港中文大學文物館., (Archives of the Qing Imperial Household Department) Xianggang Zhong wen da xue wen wu guan he bian Zhongguo di yi li shi dang an guan, Zhongguo di yi li shi dang an guan, and Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum. 2005. 清宮內務府造辦處檔案總匯. Di 1 ban. Beijing: 人民出版社., 清宮內務府造辦處檔案匯總，vol. 7, 1736 – 1737年, pp. 797-798.

2Op. cit.

御製洋彩碗六件

此碗的紋飾以寶相花、牡丹、石榴、菊、蓮及各式花草

為元素，秀麗且不失皇家威嚴，是清中早期御窯廠工匠達到超高造瓷技術和卓越美學造詣的證明。內部飾有五隻蝙蝠（五福），代表著長壽、健康、富裕、愛德和善終的吉祥願望。

洋彩一詞最早出現在唐英於雍正十三年間撰寫的《陶成紀事》中。他將洋彩描述為受西方銅胎畫琺瑯彩所啟發而新創的一種釉上彩。當時燒造了許多洋彩瓷器，其中多為御用茶器和膳食器。

據《造辦處活計檔》記載，乾隆二年十月十三日司庫劉山久、七品首領薩木哈、催總白世秀呈上十多种瓷器，其中 “洋彩黃地洋花宮碗”[1]便為此類碗。乾隆皇帝甚是喜愛這種巴洛克式卷草花卉構圖，檔案中記載：“黄地洋花宫碗甚好，再燒造些。”[2]並下旨將同類花卉構圖應用於瓶、蓋盒等進行裝飾。

這種圖案的碗在道光年間被稱為 “五蝠琺瑯磁碗”。道光元年十二月，《造辦處活計檔》有此種碗的記錄：“收得九江新到道光款……大五蝠琺瑯磁碗二十件，五蝠琺瑯小磁碗三十件。”

翌年，內務府廣儲司要求九江關轉達御窯廠燒造御茶膳房所需的瓷器清單中有“大五蝠琺瑯磁碗”、“五蝠琺

瑯小磁碗”二項，要求“每樣燒十數件”的記載，此屬傳辦瓷器，等級頗高，專供“御茶膳房”使用。

道光二十八年大臣向皇帝呈上該年瓷器燒造的清單時，皇帝命停燒十六種瓷器，其中就包括此類碗。道光帝曾批復：“從前按節令按花紋之鄙例再不能除，些些小事就如是可恨可惡之至。總之有用之物不嫌共多，繁文些條如當力屏，初不在數十種瓷器也。”

據宮中檔案記載，此類碗有兩種尺寸，且都納於此私人收藏中。較小尺寸的碗（內徑14.8釐米）曾在香港佳士得2010 年 12 月 1 日《放山居》藏瓷拍賣中成對出售，為第2892號拍品。較大尺寸的碗（18.5釐米）藏於美國大都會博物館，收錄於1977年出版的《東方陶瓷》系列從書第十二冊，編號163；英國倫敦維多利亞女王與阿爾伯特博物館編號 C.292-1918，收錄於柯玫瑰於1986年出版的《清代瓷器1644 - 1911》一書中，圖版第106號。另一只碗收錄於J. 艾耶斯著錄的《鮑爾藏中國瓷器》第二冊，第234頁，第338號（A630）。

較大尺寸的一對碗請參見香港佳士得，2011年6月1 日拍賣第3655號；紐約蘇富比，2018年3月21日拍賣第544號；以及紐約蘇富比，2017年9月13日拍賣第 34號。

1 清宮内務府造辦處檔案總匯: 1729-1731。(2005)。中國第一歷史檔案館, 香港中文大學文物館合編。China: 人民出版社。第七冊，第797-798頁。

2 同上。

A large Chinese Imperial yangcai yellow-ground ‘floral’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Vividly enamelled around the body with a dense, leafy meander of scrolling blossoms and flowers in full bloom on a bright yellow ground, the interior with five iron-red bats in flight, the base with underglaze blue six-character seal mark, 18.5cm diameter

清道光黃地洋彩花卉紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£60,000 - £80,000

A large Chinese Imperial yangcai yellow-ground ‘floral’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

清道光黃地洋彩花卉紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£60,000 - £80,000

A large Chinese Imperial yangcai yellow-ground ‘floral’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

清道光黃地洋彩花卉紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£60,000 - £80,000

A large Chinese Imperial yangcai yellow-ground ‘floral’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

清道光黃地洋彩花卉紋盌，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£60,000 - £80,000

A pair of Chinese Imperial yangcai yellow-ground ‘floral’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Daoguang marks and period

Each finely enamelled around the exterior with a dense scrolling meander, featuring a profusion of small blossoms and four large-headed blooms, the interior with five bats to the centre, the bases with underglaze blue six-character seal marks, each 14.8cm diameter (2).

清道光黃地洋彩花卉紋盌一對，青花篆書「大清道光年製」款

£40,000 - £60,000

A Chinese glass paste embellished gilt metal wall clock

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

Formed as a baluster vase issuing gilt metal stems terminating in paste set flowerheads, the front and sides set with white, green, blue, and red glass paste, the flat back finely pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls, 33cm high

清乾隆鎏金嵌料花瓶式掛鐘

Beautifully embellished with colourful glass inlays and set with a flat back, the present clock belongs to a group of decorative vases made to hang on the interior wall of a carriage, where they served not only as a functional timepiece but also as a work of art for appreciation.The present lot is exceptional amongst vases of similar type.

Compare an eighteenth-century example among the collections of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Limpid Radiance: A Special Exhibition of Glass Artifacts from the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 2016, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 155.

£8,000 - £12,000

A pair of Chinese Imperial zitan and reverse painted glass hanging lanterns and stands

Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period

Each finely carved with flared openwork crown decorated with flowering lotus scrolls above reverse painted glass floral panels, the main section set with four large and four corner glass panels reverse painted with figures in landscapes and flowering lotus scrolls framed within a pierced and carved archaic scroll borders, the flared foot similarly carved and pierced with flowering lotus scrolls above a pierced gallery set with reverse painted glass floral panels, 53.5cm high, 30cm wide, the stands gilt lacquered with flowering lotus scrolls, with painted carved wood base decorated with auspicious symbols and flowers, total height 220.5cm

清嘉慶紫檀鏤雕嵌內畫玻璃燈罩連底座一對

£80,000 - £120,000

PART II (Lots 32 - 220)

A Chinese carved huanghuali ‘pomegranates’ brush pot

17th century

The walls deftly carved as overlapping leaves, the foot rim openwork carved as a pomegranate tree branch, issuing leafy fruiting branches upwards to the body, 16cm high

十七世紀黃花梨雕石榴紋筆筒

£8,000 - £12,000

A pair of Chinese carved white alabaster wine cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each carved in low relief with a peony and a leafy branch, 4cm high

清十八世紀雪花石膏雕花卉紋盃一對

£200 - £300

A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva

Ming dynasty, 16th century

Seated in padmasana over a lotus throne holding a pearl in their lap, flanked by lotus branches supporting a book by the left shoulder and an alms bowl by the right shoulder, 31cm high

明十六世紀銅局部描金菩薩像

£4,000 - £6,000

A Chinese pale green jade ‘hanging vase’ carving

Qing dynasty, late 19th century

Carved as a basket with scroll handles, 6cm wide, suspended in a carved wood frame, 20cm high

清十九世紀晚期青玉雕花籃紋吊牌連木座

£300 - £500

A Chinese reticulated pale jade ‘dragon’ plaque

Ming dynasty

Finely carved and pierced with a dragon amongst clouds, the pale stone of an even tone, 9.2cm long

明玉鏤雕龍紋牌

£3,000 - £5,000

A Japanese lacquer urn formed as a Regency knife urn

Meiji period, 19th century

Inlaid and painted in gilt with floral sprays, 64cm high

明治時期(十九世紀) 漆器嵌螺鈿蓋罐

£600 - £800

A Chinese iron-red and gilt ‘landscape’ vase

Late Qing dynasty/Republic period, apocryphal Qianlong mark

The landscape medallions set on a ground of carps swimming amongst seaweeds, the base gilt around a white square enclosing the iron-red seal mark, 20.7cm high

晚清/民國礬紅描金繪山水魚藻紋瓶，礬紅篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄托款

£3,000 - £5,000

A Japanese cloisonné vase attributed to Hayashi Kodenji

Meiji period, early 20th century

With wide mouth above a dense foliate scroll border to the neck and shoulder, the body decorated with birds amongst a blossoming tree, all on a dark blue ground, unmarked, 14.5cm high

明治（二十世紀早期）林小伝治七寶燒瓶（傳）

£800 - £1,200

A Chinese famille rose ‘Bajixiang’ bowl

Qing dynasty, 19th century, apocryphal Qianlong mark

Enamelled around the gently rounded sides with four of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, between a keyfret band at the rim and a ruyi border above the foot, the base with apocryphal six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 12.4cm diameter.

清十九世紀粉彩繪八吉祥紋盌，青花篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄托款

£2,000 - £3,000

A set of ten Chinese famille rose ‘nesting’ cups

Qing dynasty, Daoguang period

Each cup enamelled around the exterior with a salient narrative scene from the famous novel ‘Mudan Ting’ and a flower to the interior, the smallest cup only enamelled to the interior, 11cm - 4.5cm diameter (10).

清道光粉彩繪牡丹亭故事圖紋套杯

£800 - £1,200

A Chinese famille rose ‘tilling and weaving’ bowl and cover

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Finely enamelled with scenes of rice production and sericulture beside long inscriptions, the cover and base each with six-character seal mark in iron red, 9.8cm diameter

清道光粉彩繪耕織圖紋蓋盌，礬紅篆書「大清道光年製」款

£300 - £500

A pair or Chinese famille rose bowls and covers

Qing dynasty, Daoguang marks and period

Each painted with figures and an oxherd in a continuous mountain landscape, the covers painted with a fisherman in a continuous mountain landscape, iron red six character seal marks to covers and bases, 8.5cm high (2).

清道光粉彩繪人物山水圖紋茶蓋盌一對，礬紅篆書「大清光緒年製」款

£600 - £1,000

A Chinese famille rose shallow ‘sericulture’ (silk production) moulded bowl

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Painted to the exterior with figures tilling and weaving, with colophon, iron red four character seal mark to base, 15cm diameter

清道光粉彩繪耕織圖紋花口盌，礬紅篆書「道光年製」款

£300 - £500

A pair of Chinese famille verte on biscuit ‘Eight Immortals’ lanterns and stands

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the oviform lanterns with the Eight Immortals in a continuous landscape, 31.5cm high

清十九世紀素燒五彩繪八仙圖紋燈罩及底座

£700 - £1,000

A set of eight Chinese iron red and famille rose ‘dragon’ cups

Late Qing dynasty

Each painted with two dragons pursuing a flaming pearl above crashing waves, 7cm diameter (8).

清晚期礬紅粉彩繪龍紋盃八件

£600 - £800

A set of ten Chinese famille rose ‘floral medallion’ cups

Late Qing dynasty

Each painted with two panels of chicks and chrysanthemum and a bird and peony, on a sgraffiato turquoise ground decorated with floral sprays, unmarked, 8cm high (10).

清晚期粉彩開光繪花鳥圖紋盃十件

£600 - £1,000

Seven Chinese famille rose tea cups

Republic period

Each painted with two figures, one seated playing a liuqin, 7.5cm high (7).

民國粉彩繪人物圖紋茶盃七件

£200 - £300

A Chinese monochrome yellow bowl, cover, and stand

Republic period

Covered to the exterior in a lemon yellow glaze, the interior in white, apocryphal Hongxian marks to cover and bowl, 10cm high

民國黃地蓋盌，礬紅楷書「洪憲年製」寄託款

£400 - £600

A set of twelve Chinese monochrome bowls

Republic period

Each covered to the exterior in pink enamel, white glazed interior and base, apocryphal Hongxian four character marks in iron red to bases, 5.5cm high, 10cm diameter (12).

民國胭脂紅釉盌十二件，礬紅楷書「洪憲年製」寄托款

£1,000 - £1,500

A pair of monochrome blue-glazed bowls

Circa 1912, Hongxian mark and period

Each covered to the exterior in a rich blue enamel, the base with iron-red four character mark, 11cm diameter (2).

約一九一二藍釉盌一對，礬紅楷書「洪憲年製」款

£1,000 - £2,000

A Chinese blue and white bowl

Mid-Qing dynasty, apocryphal Xuande mark

Painted with bats and cash separating various scenes beneath a border of birds and flowers, the interior with four-clawed dragon and flaming pearl, the base with six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 12.4cm diameter

明至清青花繪花鳥圖紋盌

£800 - £1,200

A set of five Chinese blue-enamelled cups

Late Qing dynasty

Each of conical, flared shape, enamelled around the exterior with a melon vine, the interior with a single leafy bamboo sprig, 6.7cm diameter (5).

清晚期白地籃彩瓜果紋盃五件

£200 - £400

A pair of Chinese overglaze blue enamel dishes

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with clusters of fruit and foliage inside a butterfly decorated border, 24cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀白地藍彩繪花卉博古圖紋盤一對

£600 - £1,000

A large Chinese blue and white baluster jar and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with a continuous expansive mountain landscape, with later metal mounts to rim and cover, 60cm high

清十八世紀青花繪山水圖紋大蓋罐

£1,000 - £1,500

A Chinese blue and white ovoid jar

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Painted with prunus sprays between two floral lappet borders, 20cm high

清康熙青花繪梅紋瓶

£300 - £500

A Chinese blue and white jar

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with birds amongst pierced rockwork issuing floral sprays, underglaze blue double circle mark to base, 17cm high, with carved wood cover.

清十八世紀青花繪山石花鳥圖紋罐連木蓋

£600 - £800

A Chinese blue and white ‘precious vessels’ jar

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

The medallions reserved on a ‘prunus and ice crackle’ ground, 21cm high, with wood cover.

清康熙青花冰梅紋開光繪博古圖紋罐連木蓋

£600 - £800

Two similar Chinese blue and white ‘phoenix and lotus’ baluster jars

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Each boldly painted with two phoenixes in a dense lotus meander, with matching reticulated hardwood covers, 25.5cm and 24cm high (2).

清康熙青花繪鳳紋罐連木蓋兩件

£2,000 - £3,000

A Chinese blue and white ‘phoenix and qilin’ sleeve vase

Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period

Boldly painted in washes of cobalt blue with a phoenix in flight above a qilin on a fenced terrace, the base unglazed, the shoulder with incised scrolling floral border, 42.8cm high.

明崇禎青花繪麟鳳紋象腿瓶

£3,000 - £5,000

A Chinese blue and white ‘phoenix tail’ vase

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted in bright washes of cobalt blue with scholars in a mountainous landscape, the base with underglaze blue double ring, 43.7cm high

清十八世紀青花繪士大夫山水圖紋鳳尾尊

£3,000 - £5,000

A pair of Chinese ‘clobbered’ blue and white gugglet vases

Qing dynasty, 17th century

Each 23.4cm high (2).

清十七世紀青花後加彩瓶一對

£500 - £800

Two Chinese export vases

Qing dynasty, 18th century

A large Chinese export blue and white pitcher

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with a continuous expansive village landscape, 23cm high.

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋水罐

£300 - £500

Comprising a ‘clobbered’ pear-shaped vase, 25.3cm high; and a famille rose and blue and white soft-paste vase and cover, 23.5cm high (2).

清十八世紀外銷青花加彩及後加彩瓶兩件

£200 - £400

Four Chinese blue and white and famille rose oval plates

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted to the central reserve with a fishing scene, 26cm - 39cm wide (4).

清十八世紀青花加彩繪人物故事圖紋盤四件

£500 - £800

Five Chinese export blue and white platters

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each of octagonal form, painted landscapes and flowers, 19.5 - 33cm across. (5)

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水及花卉圖紋盤五件

£600 - £800

A quantity of Chinese blue and white export dinner and tea ware Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising a coffee pot, 24cm high, a large mug, 14cm high, three jugs, 14 cm high, three sauce boats, 20cm long, eighteen small bowls, 18cm diameter, seven tea bowls and eight saucers, fourteen bowls/dishes, 16cm - 27cm, two covered cups, and a coffee cup (58).

清十八世紀外銷青花餐具及茶具五十八件

£600 - £1,000

Twenty-two Chinese export blue and white oval platters

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 41cm - 25.5cm wide (22).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋盤二十二件

£800 - £1,200

Ten large Chinese export blue and white plates

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 35cm diameter (10).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪花卉圖紋盤十件

£600 - £800

Ten Chinese export blue and white plates

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 28cm diameter (10).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋盤十件

£600 - £800

Fifteen Chinese export blue and white plates and seven similar bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 21cm - 28cm diameter (22).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋盤十五件及盌七件

£800 - £1,200

Sixteen Chinese export blue and white plates and nine similar bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 24cm - 26.5cm diameter (25).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋盤十六件及盌九件

£600 - £1,000

Fourteen Chinese export blue and white plates

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with buildings in a coastal landscape, 26cm diameter (14).

清十八世紀外銷青花繪山水圖紋盤十四件

£400 - £600

Eleven Chinese blue and white warming plates

Qing dynasty, early 19th century

Comprising eight plates with foliate rim painted with watery landscape, three plates with horse in the centre surrounded by bouquets and antique objects, 27.5cm diameter. (11)

清十九世紀青花溫盤十一件

£200 - £400

Three French armorial baluster vases and covers

Mid-19th century

Each painted in the 18th century Chinese style with floral sprays around an armorial crest, 37cm high (3).

法國十九世紀中期仿清十八世紀粉彩蓋瓶三件

£800 - £1,200

A Chinese famille rose and gilt ‘Mandarin pattern’ teapot and cover

Qing dynasty, late Qianlong period

Typically enamelled with Mandarin pattern medallions, and iron-red and lavender vignettes, on a richly-gilt ground, 23.4cm long

清乾隆晚期粉彩描金開光繪人物故事圖紋茶蓋壺

£400 - £600

A Chinese underglaze blue and famille rose teapot

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to each side with a harbour scene, 22cm long.

清十八世紀青花描金加彩茶壺

£200 - £400

A Chinese famille rose ‘Mandarin pattern’ coffee pot

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with two panels of figures and children playing with two puppies in a terraced landscape scene, 22.5cm high

清十八世紀粉彩開光繪人物故事圖紋咖啡壺

£300 - £500

A large Chinese famille rose export ‘landscape’ baluster vase and cover

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

Finely enamelled throughout with bucolic scenes within a continuous landscape, dotted with rightly enamelled details, including a charming scene of boys picking cherries, the cover enamelled ensuite and with Peking dog finial, 54cm high

清乾隆粉彩繪人物故事圖紋蓋瓶

£1,000 - £1,500

A large Chinese famille rose ‘immortals’ punch bowl

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to the exterior on gilt ground with a lady sitting on stylised rock amidst Buddhist figures, 36cm diameter

清十八世紀粉彩描金繪人物故事圖紋潘翠盌

£300 - £500

Four Chinese export famille rose punch bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with panels of figures in a garden landscape, 29cm - 35cm diameter (4).

清十八世紀外銷粉彩繪人物園景圖紋潘翠盌四件

£1,000 - £1,500

A Chinese famille rose ‘landscape’ dish

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

Painted with watery landscape scene enclosed by floral sprays to rim, 32cm diameter

清乾隆粉彩繪山水圖紋折沿盤

£100 - £200

A large Chinese export famille rose dish

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to the centre with a large chrysanthemum within stylised border, the well decorated with lingzhi within cartouches on diaper ground in iron red and gilt, 45cm diameter.

清十八世紀外銷粉彩描金繪菊紋折沿大盤

£800 - £1,200

A large Chinese famille rose moulded ‘floral’ plate

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with a leafy floral spray to the centre, the foliate rim moulded as flower petals, 45cm diameter

清十八世紀模印粉彩描金繪花卉圖紋花口大盤

£1,000 - £1,500

Fifteen Chinese famille rose octagonal plates

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with two vessels of flowers surrounded by floral sprays, 23cm diameter (15).

清十八世紀粉彩繪花卉圖紋盤十五件

£300 - £500

Six Chinese enamelled plates

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising three Imari decorated plates, 40cm and 35cm diameter, a puce enamelled floral plate, 32cm diameter, a famille rose plate 31.5cm diameter, and a famille rose plate decorated with Buddhist lions on a polychrome ground, 25cm diameter (6).

清十八、十九世紀外銷盤六件

£600 - £800

A Chinese famille rose tureen, cover, and stand, and a similar French tureen and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century, and 19th century

Each tureen decorated with floral sprays and moulded with hare handles, the tureen and stand 35cm and 37cm wide, the French tureen 31cm wide (3).

清及法國十八、十九世紀粉彩繪湯蓋盌兩套

£400 - £600

Ten Chinese export famille rose plates and bowls

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng and Qianlong period

Comprising an armorial plate, a set of five bowls, and pair of shallow bowls, and a pair of underglaze blue bowls painted in famille rose enamels with a fishing scene, 22.5cm - 23cm diameter (10).

清雍正、乾隆外銷盌盤十件

£500 - £1,000

A pair of Chinese famille rose tureens and stands

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with two vessels of flowers amidst scattered floral sprays, with hare head handles, the tureens 33cm wide, the stands 37cm wide (4).

清十八世紀粉彩繪花卉圖紋湯蓋盌連底座一對

£600 - £500

Part lot

A Chinese famille rose tureen and stand

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with floral sprays, the tureen moulded with hare handles, 19cm wide

清十八世紀粉彩湯盌連底座

£300 - £500

A Chinese famille rose tureen and stand

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with floral sprays, the tureen moulded with hare handles, 19cm wide.

清十八世紀外銷粉彩繪花卉圖紋湯蓋盌連底座

£300 - £500

A small Chinese famille rose hexagonal dish

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted withfloral sprays issuing from rockwork within a floral border, 13cm wide

清十八世紀粉彩六方小碟

£200 - £400

Twelve Chinese famille rose tea bowls, cups and a saucer

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising nine tea bowls, two coffee cups and a figurative saucer, 7.5 - 7.9cm; two coffee cups, 6cm high; the saucer 11.5cm diameter (12).

清十八世纪粉彩盃碟十二件

£400 - £600

A Chinese famille rose wine cup

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period

Painted with a lady and a boy admiring a parrot amidst floral sprays, 7cm diameter

清雍正粉彩繪仕女童子圖紋盃

£150 - £250

A set of four Chinese blue and white and famille rose tea bowls and saucers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with panels of figures inside floral borders, the saucers 13.5cm diameter, the tea bowls 5.5cm high (8).

清十八世紀青花加彩繪人物故事圖紋茶盃碟

四套

£200 - £400

Eight Chinese ‘Mandarin’ pattern tea bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with figures and landscape panels, 4cm high (8).

清十八世紀粉彩繪人物故事圖紋茶盃八件

£100 - £200

Four Chinese famille rose porcelains

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising two bowls and two small plates, each painted with figurative scenes, 1415cm diameter. (4)

清十八世紀粉彩繪人物圖紋盌及盤四件

£150 - £250

Five Chinese famille rose porcelains

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising two sparrow beak jugs (one with cover), 11.5cm and 13.5cm high, a lozenge dish, 13cm wide, a saucer dish, 12cm diameter, and a coffee cup, 6cm high (5).

清十八世紀粉彩瓷器五件

£120 - £180

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A Chinese famille rose ‘floral’ oviform jar and cover

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Enamelled with large blossoms issuing from a craggy rock, 24.5cm high

清十九世紀粉彩繪山石花卉圖紋蓋罐

£500 - £800

A large Chinese blue and white and famille rose tureen

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with figures in a terraced garden admiring two chickens and a chick, 35cm wide

清十八世紀青花加彩繪人物故事圖紋湯蓋盌

£150 - £250

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A Chinese famille rose ‘erotic’ circular pomade box and cover

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the cover with figures dancing, the interior of base and cover painted with an amorous couple, 10.5cm diameter

清十九世紀粉彩繪春宮圖蓋盒

£200 - £300

102

A Chinese famille rose ‘san niang jiao zi’ tea bowl and cover

Qing dynasty, Tongzhi mark and of the period

Painted with lady teaching a boy within landscape, inscription to the reverse, Tongzhi nianzhi mark to cover, Gaomaoxing hao shop mark to base, 10cm high

清同治粉彩繪三娘教子圖紋茶蓋盌，礬紅篆書「同治年製」、楷書「高茂興號」款

£300 - £500

104

Four Chinese famille rose ‘butterfly’ bowls

Qing dynasty, Tongzhi mark and of period

Each painted with the face of butterfly to the front, base with six-character Tongzhi seal mark in iron red on turquoise ground, 17.5 - 21.5cm across (4).

清同治粉彩蝶紋盌四件，礬紅篆書「大清同治

年製」款

£400 - £600

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A Chinese famille rose ‘boys in procession’ bowl

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the central roundel with a boy, apocryphal guanyao neizao mark to base, 12cm diameter

清十九世紀粉彩繪嬰戲圖紋盌，礬紅楷書「官窯內造」寄託款

£100 - £200

105

A Chinese famille rose ‘bajixiang’ cup

Qing dynasty, Tongzhi mark and period

Painted to the exterior with eight Daoist emblems below a floral band, iron red six-character Tongzhi seal mark to base, 6.2cm diameter

清同治粉彩繪八吉祥花口盌，礬紅篆書「大清同治年製」款

£80 - £120

106

A Chinese famille rose ‘cricket’ dish

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with a cricket on blossoming foliage, on a turquoise ground, 24.5cm diameter

清十九世紀粉彩繪蛐蛐紋盤

£300 - £500

108

A pair of large Chinese famille rose jars and covers

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the cover and exterior with ‘precious vessels’, 21cm high, 21cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀粉彩博古圖紋蓋罐一對

£500 - £800

107

A Chinese famille rose ‘Wushuangpu’ jar and cover

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted and inscribed to the cover and all around the body with figures of historical importance, 11.7cm high, 10.3cm diameter.

清十九世紀粉彩繪無雙譜蓋罐

£150 - £250

109

A Chinese famille rose lime-green ground ‘melon’ box and cover

Qing dynasty, mid-19th century

With applied leafy tendril finial, the interior divided in five sections and enamelled turquoise, 19cm wide

清十九世紀中期綠釉模印瓜形蓋盒

£300 - £500

110

A Chinese famille rose jardiniere

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Raised on bracket feet, painted to the front and back with dragonfly above lotus pond, 7.5cm high

清十九世紀粉彩繪蓮池圖紋長方花盆

£150 - £250

111

Four Chinese famille rose cups

Republic period

Three painted with a crane, a chicken, and an exotic bird, and inscribed with colophons, one painted with floral sprays, 6cm high (4).

民國粉彩繪花鳥圖紋盃四件

£200 - £300

112

A Chinese apple-green glazed baluster snuff bottle

Qing dynasty, 19th century

The body suffused with a network of dark crackles, 7.5cm high

清十九世紀蘋果綠釉鼻煙壺

£200 - £300

113

Four Chinese famille rose vases

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising a pair of vases with covers painted in underglaze blue and famille rose enamels with two figural panels, 29cm high, a Canton famille rose vase and cover painted with panels of court figures, 36cm high, and a flattened baluster vase, 31.5cm high (4).

清十八、十九世紀粉彩開光繪人物故事圖紋瓶四件

£300 - £500

114

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose square vases

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the sides with figures and vases of flowers, 23cm high (2).

清十九世紀廣彩繪人物故事圖紋四方瓶一對

£200 - £300

116

A Chinese Canton famille rose bowl

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with fish, floral sprays and butterflies, 37cm diameter

清十九世紀粉彩繪花蝶圖紋折沿盆

£150 - £250

115

A Chinese Canton famille rose tulip vase and cover

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Of canted square form, painted with panels of figures on a terrace, the corners moulded with squirrels and grapes, the cover densely decorated with butterflies and peonies, 23cm high

清十九世紀廣彩開光繪人物故事圖紋雙耳花插

£400 - £600

117

A large Chinese famille rose punch bowl

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to the interior and exterior with panels of figures at court and on a terrace, 36cm diameter

清十九世紀粉彩繪人物故事圖紋潘翠盌

£400 - £600

118

Three Chinese famille rose vessels

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

Comprising a teapot and cover, 21cm long, and a ‘sparrow’ beak jug and cover from a set, 13.6cm high, and a garlic-mouth Canton-type small vase, 15cm high (3).

清十八/十九世紀粉彩瓷器三件

£500 - £800

120

Four large Chinese Canton famille rose basins

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each decorated with alternating panels of figures and birds and butterflies amongst foliage, 46cm diameter (4).

清十九世紀廣彩繪人物花鳥圖紋折沿盆四件

£1,200 - £1,800

119

Two Chinese Canton famille rose lobed tureens and two square bowls

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with panels of figures and birds amongst foliage on a dense floral scroll ground, the tureens 28cm wide, the bowls 23cm wide (4).

清十九世紀廣彩湯盌兩件及四方盌兩件

£250 - £350

121

A Chinese ‘Canton’ famille rose ‘ladies’ plate

Qing dynasty, 19th century

21.5cm diameter.

清十九世紀廣彩繪仕女圖紋盤

£150 - £250

Two large Chinese Canton famille rose oval platters, two tureen bases, and twelve covers

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with panels of figures and birds amongst foliage, the platters 47cm and 44cm wide, the tureens 23cm wide, 9cm diameter of covers (16).

清十九世紀廣彩繪人物花鳥圖紋瓷器十五件

£600 - £1,000

124

Twenty-eight Chinese Canton famille rose cups and eight egg cups

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with figures engaged in leisurely activities, 7cm - 7.5cm high (36).

清十九世紀廣彩盃及蛋盃三十六件

£200 - £400

123

A large Chinese Canton famille rose tureen and two pairs of tureens

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with panels of figures and birds amongst foliage, the large tureen 36cm wide, the two pairs 28cm and 25cm wide (5).

清十九世紀廣彩湯盌五件

£200 - £400

125

Seventeen Chinese Canton famille rose plates and two bowls

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with alternating panels of figures and birds amongst foliage, 22cm and 26cm diameter (19).

清十九世紀廣彩盤十七件及盌兩件

£300 - £500

Ten Chinese Canton famille rose ‘narrative’ plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with various figural scenes, two with a dragon painted border to rim, four with a landscape painted border, four with a border painted with butterflies and birds amidst floral sprays, 24.5cm diameter (10).

清十九世紀廣彩人物故事圖紋盤十件

£600 - £800

128

Twenty-three Chinese Canton famille rose octagonal plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Enamelled with four panels of birds amongst foliage and figures, 19.5cm wide (23).

清十九世紀廣彩人物花鳥圖紋八方碟二十三件

£600 - £800

127

A Chinese Canton famille rose square bowl and fourteen plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with panels of figures and birds amongst foliage, the bowl 11cm high, the plates 24cm diameter (15).

清十九世紀廣彩四方盌及盤十五件

£200 - £300

129

Thirty-five Chinese Canton famille rose plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with four alternating panels of figures and birds and butterflies amongst foliage, 25cm diameter (35).

清十九世紀廣彩盤三十五件

£400 - £600

130

Twenty-three Chinese Canton famille rose octagonal plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with four alternating panels of figures and birds amongst foliage, 19.5cm wide (23).

清十九世紀廣彩繪人物花鳥圖紋盤二十三件

£300 - £500

131

Twenty-four Chinese Canton famille rose plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with four alternating panels of figures and birds and butterflies amongst foliage, 20cm diameter (24).

清十九世紀廣彩盤二十四件

£300 - £500

132

Eleven pieces of Chinese Canton famille rose

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Comprising a pair of covered bottle vases, 43cm high, a large jug, 32cm high, a brush pot, 13cm high, four circular tureens, 23cm diameter, and three soap dishes (one lacking cover), 15cm wide (11).

清十九世紀廣彩瓷器十一件

£2,000 - £3,000

A Chinese painted enamel ‘dragon and phoenix’ scallopedrim dish

Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period

Painted to the well with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds surrounding a phoenix perched on a tree, the reverse with flowering peonies, the base with six-character seal mark in iron-red, 14cm diameter

清道光銅胎畫琺瑯繪龍鳳紋束腰花口盤，篆書「大清道光年製」款

£800 - £1,200

134

Two Chinese painted enamel dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

The first, of lobed form, decorated with peonies, 18th century, 26.4cm wide; the second, of square form, painted with a landscape, 19th century, 18cm square (2).

清十八、十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯盤兩件

£500 - £800

136

Three Chinese enamel barrel form jars and covers

Qing dynasty, 19th century

The top panels painted with figurative scenes, 7.5cm - 9cm high (3).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯蓋盒三件

£200 - £300

135

A Chinese painted enamel rectangular tray

Qing dynasty, early 19th century

Painted with scholars admiring paintings in a central band, the short, straight sides with keyfret border to the interior and flowers to the exterior, the base plain white, 26.3cm x 15.8cm

清十九世紀早期銅胎畫琺瑯繪士大夫圖紋長方盤

£300 - £500

137

A set of four Chinese painted enamel famille rose graduated barrel form jars and covers

Qing dynasty, 19th century

With court scene medallion to covers, the sides with scrolling flowers on blue grounds, the interiors enamelled pink, the smallest box missing cover, 9cm - 4.6cm high (4).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯蓋盒四件

£200 - £400

138

A pair of Chinese painted enamel petal lobed ‘prunus’ bowls

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with prunus blossom on a blue ‘cracked ice’ ground, the base in white enamel, the interior in lavender enamel, 16.5cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地梅紋花

口盌一對

£300 - £500

139

A pair of Chinese painted enamel plates

Qing dynasty, 19th century

One painted with a scene from Romance of the Western Chamber, 22cm diameter, the other painted with a scholar and attendant in an expansive landscape, 22cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯山水及人物

故事圖紋盤兩件，其中一件篆書「乾隆年製」寄托款

£300 - £500

140

A pair of Chinese painted enamel wine cups and stands

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with panels of boys on a floral yellow ground, the cups 3cm high, the stands 8.5 x 8.5cm. (4)

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地童子紋

盃碟一對

£200 - £300

141

A set of five Chinese painted enamel quadrilobed dishes and spoons

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with floral sprays on a yellow ground, 14cm long and 10cm wide (10).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯海棠式碟及調羹五套

£300 - £500

142

A set of four Chinese painted enamel ‘floral’ dishes

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each formed as a flowerhead and densely painted with a lotus flower surrounded by floral scrolls on a yellow ground, the base in white enamel, 11cm diameter (4).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地纏枝蓮紋花口碟四件

£300 - £500

143

A pair of Chinese painted enamel auspicious four panel hangings

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each panel moulded, pierced, and painted with fruit, suspended by strings of glass beads, total length 73cm, each panel approx. 5cm 7.5cm (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯料珠串掛飾一對

£600 - £800

144

A pair of Chinese painted enamel blue ground and gilt ‘roundel’ cups

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with gilt medallions on a blue ground, 6cm high (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地描金繪團花紋對

盃

£200 - £400

145

A pair of Chinese painted enamel ‘Buddhist emblems’ bowls

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with four Buddhist emblems amidst floral sprays on a green ground, the interior and base in white enamel, 12cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪佛教題材對盌

£300 - £500

146

A set of three Chinese painted enamel leaf form dishes

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with a bunch of fruit and foliage on a pale blue ground, a bird perched on blossoming foliage on a pink ground, and a bird perched on a fruiting branch on a pale yellow ground, 13.5cm wide (3).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯樹葉式小碟三件

£300 - £500

147

A pair of Chinese painted enamel rectangular jardinières

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Each painted with alternating panels of goats and ducks in a lotus pond on a blue ground decorated with flowering lotus blooms, 19cm wide (2).

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地開光繪三陽開泰

及蓮池牡丹紋花盆一對

£300 - £500

Three Chinese blue-ground painted enamel vases

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

Comprising a pair of beaker vases, gu, with butterflies amongst scrolling lotuses, each 44.6cm high; and a phoenix-tail vase with dragon and phoenix over scrolling lotus, 46cm high (3).

清十八/十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地花蝶紋瓶三件

£2,000 - £3,000

149

Seven pieces of Chinese painted enamel

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising a rectangular inkwell, 8.5cm wide, a hexagonal water pot, 6.5cm wide, a flared tea bowl, 8.5cm diameter, a hexagonal box and cover, 7cm wide, a flared vase, 8cm high, a wine cup, 4.5cm high, and a ‘Buddhist Emblems’ cup, 7cm high (7).

清十八、十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯器七件

£600 - £800

151

A Chinese painted enamel vase section

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted to each section with a taotie, 12cm high.

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯饕餮紋瓶

£150 - £250

150

A Chinese painted enamel jug

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Painted with a large panel depicting a court lady taking tea on a turquoise ground decorated with butterflies and floral sprays, 24cm high

清十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪人物故事圖紋水壺

£200 - £400

152

A Persian copper alloy polychrome enamelled pyriform ewer

Qajar Iran, second half 19th century

On splayed foot decorated with portraits of Qajar youths in roundels arranged in quincux amidst floral and foliate motifs against a gold ground, verses in black nasta’liq below, with serpentine handle and spout, the near conical hinged lid lacking its finial and similarly decorated, the body elegantly painted with scenes from a Persian epic, wide calligraphic register above, each facets and the flange with portraits of kings, courtiers and seated ladies, nasta’liq verses above, the handle and spout with calligraphic cartouches spelling various names, 49cm high. 卡扎爾王朝十九世紀下半業銅胎畫琺瑯繪王公貴族圖紋水壺

£300 - £500

153

A Chinese European-subject ‘Diana the huntress’ painted enamel-inset gilt bronze belt buckle

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

The two-part buckle perfectly formed with the back element sliding and slotting into place to the reverse, which is finely incised with an uninterrupted scrolling floral motif, 5.5cm wide

清乾隆銅鎏金畫琺瑯繪‘戴安娜’帶扣

£2,000 - £3,000

154

A Chinese Imperial gilt bronze and painted enamel ‘European Subject’ box

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

The sides inset with plaques of thick glass paste of variegated blue and lavender tone, 7.5cm wide

清乾隆銅鎏金繪外國人像蓋盒

£3,000 - £5,000

155

A pair of Chinese painted enamel ‘European Subject’ tea bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each decorated to the exterior with panels of figures in a landscape, the interior in lavender enamel, decorated with panels of foreigners, lavender interior, floral mark to base, 3.5cm high, 6.3cm diameter (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪外國人像茶盌一對

£500 - £800

157

A set of four Chinese Canton enamel square dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with a scholar and attendants in a mountainous landscape, each inscribed with colophon, studio seal mark to base, 10cm wide (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪山水圖紋小盤四件

£800 - £1,200

156

Three Chinese painted enamel ‘European subject’ wares

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising a ewer and cover, with overhead handle, 17cm high, and a pair of square trays, 9.6cm wide (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪外國人物故事圖紋提梁壺及小盤一對

£200 - £400

159

Four Chinese painted enamel square dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with ‘precious vessels’, red painted studio seal marks to base, 10cm wide (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪博古圖紋小盤四件

£150 - £250

158

A set of four Chinese painted enamel square dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with ‘precious objects’ inside an archaistic dragon border, 10cm wide (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪博古圖紋四方小盤四件

£600 - £800

160

A set of four Chinese painted enamel square dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted and gilt heightened with archaic bronze vessels, one containing flowers, the other containing peacock plumes, a scroll, and a ruyi sceptre, each painted to the underside in black enamel with a finger citron inside a border of four archaic dragon motifs, 10cm wide (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪博古圖紋小盤四件

£300 - £500

161

Nine Chinese painted enamel square dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Eight painted with figural landscapes, one painted with birds amongst blossoming foliage, seven with studio seal marks to base, 10cm wide (9).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯四方碟九件

£500 - £800

162

A set of four Chinese painted enamel petal lobed dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with ducks, herons, and a phoenix perched on rockwork issuing peony blooms, zhen shang studio seal mark to base, 11.5cm diameter (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪動物山水

紋花口盤四件

£600 - £1,000

163

Three Chinese painted enamel dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with birds and floral sprays, painted fruit mark to base, 17cm diameter (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪花鳥圖紋折沿盤三件

£400 - £600

164

A pair of large Chinese painted enamel tea cannisters

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Densely decorated with floral foliage above a band of banana leaves on yellow ground, the cover painted with a flower head to the centre, 29cm high

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地纏枝花卉圖紋茶葉罐一對

£1,500 - £2,000

165

A set of seven Chinese painted enamel blue-ground ‘peony’ sweetmeat dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

With central dividers, the exteriors painted with melons and butterflies, 10.5cm wide (7).

清十八世纪銅胎畫琺瑯藍地繪牡丹紋小盤七件

£300 - £500

166

A set of six Chinese painted enamel yellow-ground ‘floral’ sweetmeat dishes with central divider

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each 10.3cm wide (6).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地纏枝花卉花口盤六件

£400 - £600

A set of Chinese painted enamel ‘figural’ sweetmeat dishes

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising central circular dish surrounded by eight fan-shaped dishes, each painted with various figures, 43cm total diameter, fitted silk box.

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪人物故事圖紋攢碟一套連絹盒

£1,500 - £2,500

168

Five Chinese painted enamel square cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Four painted with landscapes, one painted with ‘precious vessels’, 3cm high (5).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪山水圖紋

盃五件

£200 - £400

169

A set of six Chinese painted enamel square cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with landscape panels to the exterior and a fish to the interior, 3cm high (6).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪山水圖紋盃六件

£200 - £400

170

A set of three Chinese painted enamel square cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with panels of ‘precious vessels’ within a black painted foliate scroll border on a turquoise ground, 3.3cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪博古

圖紋盃三件

£150 - £250

171

A set of four Chinese painted enamel square cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with floral sprays on a blue scroll ground, 3.5cm high (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地纏枝花卉圖紋盃四件

£200 - £300

172

Five Chinese painted enamel wine cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Three painted with landscapes, two painted with ‘precious vessels’, 3-3.5cm high (5).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪博古及山水圖紋盃五件

£300 - £500

173

A set of three Chinese painted enamel square cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with dragons on a blue ground, 3cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地龍紋盌三件

£200 - £300

174

A set of three Chinese painted enamel cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with lotus flowers and leafy scrolls on a yellow ground, 3cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地花卉圖紋盃三件

£150 - £250

175

A pair of Chinese painted enamel circular boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted to the cover with seated figures in a landscape, the sides painted with landscape vignettes, each inscribed with colophon to cover, 10cm diameter (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪山水

圖紋圓形蓋盒一對

£400 - £600

176

A Chinese painted enamel lobed circular box and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The cover painted with three landscape panels, the sides painted with alternating landscape and shou character panels, the interior in white enamel painted with two finger citron, 15cm diameter.

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪山水圖紋花口蓋盒

£500 - £800

177

Four Chinese painted enamel bowls and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted with figures in continuous landscapes, 10cm and 8cm high (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪人物故事

圖紋蓋盌四件

£500 - £800

178

A Chinese painted enamel rectangular tray and two bowls and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The tray painted with ‘precious objects’, 29cm wide, one bowl painted with ‘European’ figures in a landscape, the other painted with panels of ‘precious vessels’, 9.5cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪博古紋長方托盤及蓋盌兩件

£600 - £800

179

Eight Chinese painted enamel bowls and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The largest painted to the cover with a European subject and with panels of ‘precious vessels’ to the bowl, 12cm diameter, seven painted with figures in landscapes and inscribed with colophons, 9.5cm diameter (8).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪外國人物

故事圖紋蓋盌八件

£800 - £1,200

180

Four pieces of Chinese painted enamel

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising a bowl painted with a continuous landscape, 8.5cm diameter, a pair of dishes painted as melons, 9cm wide, and a quadrilobed dish painted with fruit and floral sprays, 12cm wide (4).

清十八、十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯器四件

£400 - £600

181

Three Chinese painted enamel wares and one Ottoman painted enamel covered bowl

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising: a Chinese painted enamel circular ‘landscape’ dish, the reverse with scrolling lotus on lime green ground, and a peach to base, 18th century, 14.8cm diameter; a Chinese bowl painted with flowers, 19th century, 11.7cm diameter; a ‘butterfly’ box with double hinged cover, 19th century, 11.3cm wide; and a Turkish Suleymaniye ware enamelled copper covered bowl, with floral medallions on gilt and blue ground, 18th/19th century, 14.5cm high (4).

清十八、十九世紀及奧斯曼十九世紀早期銅胎畫琺瑯器及奧斯曼藍地畫琺瑯蓋盌

£200 - £400

182

Three Chinese painted enamel yellow ground boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Two of lobed form with raised panel to cover painted with figures, 6cm diameter (3).

清十八世紀黃地花卉圖紋蓋盒三件

£200 - £400

184

A pair of Chinese painted enamel hexagonal ink wells and a painted enamel candle holder

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The inkwells painted with meandering lotus flowers on a yellow ground, 11cm wide, the candle holder painted with the Eight Buddhist Emblems to base on a yellow ground, 18cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地纏枝蓮紋六方墨水盒一對及燭臺

£800 - £1,200

183

A Chinese painted enamel miniature basin and a cylindrical box and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The basin painted with fish amongst pond weed to the interior, 12cm diameter, the box painted with flowering lotus scrolls on a yellow ground, 5cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯黃地繪纏枝蓮紋小盆及蓋盒

£200 - £400

185

A pair of Chinese ‘Buddhist Emblems’ painted enamel stands and a bowl cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each stand painted with four Buddhist emblems amidst leafy flowering lotus stems on a dark blue ground, the interiors painted with a lotus flower encircled by four archaic dragons, the cover painted with scrolling motifs, 13.5cm high, the cover 9cm diameter (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪佛教題材高足盌一对连盖

£200 - £300

187

A Chinese painted enamel canted rectangular tea caddy and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

Painted with panels of ladies in fenced terraces, 10.5cm high

清十八/十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪人物花蝶圖紋茶葉

罐

£300 - £500

186

A Chinese painted enamel quatrelobed ewer and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th century

With overhead handle, enamelled and gilt with panels of stylisted archaistic motifs, the cover with lappet pattern, the base with puce two-character seal mark, 15.5cm high

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯海棠式提梁壺

£300 - £500

188

A Chinese painted enamel vase and a quadrilobed goblet

Qing dynasty, 18th century,

The vase painted with flowering lotus stems on a blue ground, 14.5cm high, the goblet painted with four Buddhist emblems to the bowl, 17.5cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地繪花卉圖紋瓶及高足盃

£300 - £500

A set of four Chinese painted enamel famille rose blue-ground ‘bats and lotus’ bowls

Qing dynasty, 18th century, studio mark to base

The exteriors with bats amongst scrolling lotus, the interiors and bases left white, the bases with twocharacter seal marks in blue enamel, reading X-Tang (X 堂), 12.3cm diameters (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地福紋盌四件

£800 - £1,200

191

A pair of Chinese painted enamel famille rose hat stands

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Written with double happy character to each side between cut out cartouches, all on a blue ground painted with scrolling lotus foliage, 32.5cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯囍字紋帽筒一對

£200 - £400

190

A pair of Chinese Canton enamel ‘shou character’ hexagonal hat stands

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Gilded with shou characters and floral roundels to all side on a blue ground, the interior with pink enamel, base with Dongyue Yihexiang zao mark to base, 34cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地壽字紋帽筒一對，描金「東岳義和祥造」款

£500 - £1,000

192

A varied group of Chinese painted enamel wares

Qing dynasty, 18th and 19th century

Comprising: an unusual pair of baluster vases painted with a European landscapes, 18th century, 22.8cm high; the top portion of a wine ewer and warmer, 18th/19th century, 14cm high; a ‘landscape’ bowl, 18th/19th century, 8.6cm diameter; a small lavenderground ‘dragon’ lobed box and cover, 18th/19th century, 6.7cm high; a square ‘landscape’ box and cover, 19th century, 5.4cm high; and a tiny hexagonal baluster jar, 8cm high (7).

清十八、十九世紀銅胎畫琺瑯器七件

£300 - £500

193

A Chinese painted enamel candlestick

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted throughout with birds in flight amongst flowering lotus scrolls on a turquoise ground, 30.5cm high

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地纏枝蓮紋燭臺

£200 - £300

195

Two Chinese painted enamel rectangular jardinières

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each painted to the sides with floral vignettes on a yellow lotus flower ground, each 29.5cm wide, 20cm deep (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪花卉圖紋長方花盆一對

£200 - £400

194

A pair of Chinese painted enamel ‘Bajixiang’ dishes

Qing dynasty, Jiaqing marks and period

Each painted with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst flowering lotus scrolls on a white ground to the interior and underside, blue enamel seal mark to base, 16cm diameter (2).

清嘉慶銅胎畫琺瑯繪八吉祥碟一對

£400 - £600

196

A Chinese painted enamel lobed teapot and cover

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

Brightly enamelled around the body with a scaly dragon amidst polychrome clouds, on a blue ground, 17cm x 11.2cm wide

清乾隆銅胎畫琺瑯繪雲龍紋提梁壺

£400 - £600

A Chinese painted enamel hand mirror

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to the reverse with bats and fruit, one bat suspending a Buddhist chime, the handle painted with meandering lotus scrolls, moulded and painted with bats to the terminal, 33cm long

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鏡

£300 - £500

198

A Chinese painted enamel circular mirror and stand

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The mirror supported by a bat, above a metal spear that inserts into a matching cylindrical stand with four reticulated archaistic stretches over a square stepped base, 38.5cm high

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯蝠紋鏡

£600 - £800

A Chinese painted enamel lobed tray and three cups

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The tray painted with flowering branches issuing from rockwork on a pink ground, the underside in pale yellow enamel centred with a fruiting branch, 20cm wide, the lobed cups in lime green, purple, and pink enamels, 5cm high (4).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯花口小碟及盃三件

£300 - £500

200

A Chinese painted enamel quatrefoil tray and lobed bowl

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The tray painted with a dragonfly above rockwork issuing peonies on a pale yellow ground, the underside in pale blue enamel centred with a fruiting branch, 19.5cm wide, the bowl in pale yellow enamel to the exterior, 5cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯淺黃地繪花卉圖紋盃

及海棠式碟

£150 - £250

201

A Chinese painted enamel hand warmer

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to each side with birds and butterflies amidst flowering stems issuing from rockwork on a lime green ground, the cover pierced and painted with flowering and fruiting leafy branches issuing from rockwork, the underside in white enamel, 15cm wide

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯淺黃地繪花

卉圖紋溫手爐

£600 - £800

202

A Chinese painted enamel clock face Qing dynasty, 18th century

The arched pediment pierced and painted with a pair of pheasants between pine and prunus trees, the white dial painted with Roman numerals inside a blue ground floral border, 14.5cm x 10cm

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地錶盤

£500 - £800

203

A pair of Chinese painted enamel ewers Qing dynasty, 18th century

After an Islamic prototype, decorated to the pear shaped body with raised panels painted with a lady and a deer with lingzhi sprigs, 25cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯開光繪麻姑獻壽圖紋

酒壺一對

£600 - £800

204

Three Chinese painted enamel ‘wufu’ ewers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

After an Islamic prototype, decorated to the pear shaped bodies with a raised panel painted with five bats encircling a shou on a foliate scroll painted blue ground, 37cm and 40cm high (3).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯藍地五福紋酒壺三件

£2,000 - £3,000

205

A pair of Chinese painted enamel ‘landscape’ wine ewers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The lobed bodies painted with panels of landscapes on a turquoise floral ground, 16cm high (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺開光繪山水圖紋酒壺一對

£600 - £800

A Chinese painted enamel ‘classroom’ charger

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with a humorous scene depicting children misbehaving while their teacher sleeps, 30cm diameter.

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯上學堂圖紋大盤

£500 - £800

207

A Chinese painted enamel ‘lotus and peony’ bowl

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

Finely painted around the exterior with a blossoming peonies and lotuses, the interior with lavender glaze, 7cm diameter, wood stand.

Provenance: Collection label, G. F. S. KeenLung, no. 722.

清乾隆銅胎畫琺瑯花卉圖紋盌

來源：G. F. S. Keen-Lung第722號藏標。

£2,000 - £4,000

208

A Chinese cloisonné enamel square opium lamp

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Decorated with insects and floral sprays, 7.5cm wide

清十九世紀銅胎掐絲琺瑯花蟲紋鴉片燈

£600 - £800

209

A pair of Chinese cloisonné and gilt metal ‘longevity’ boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, early 19th century

Each shaped as a peach and decorated to the cover with a bat and the sanduo (three blessings), 7.5cm wide (2).

清十九世紀早期銅胎掐絲琺瑯壽桃式蓋盒一對

£500 - £800

211

A pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt metal ‘ruyi’ moonflasks

Qing dynasty, 19th century

The ruyi form body decorated with bats and scrolling flowers encircling a shou character on a yellow ground, the sides decorated with bats suspending shou characters and tassels on a blue ground, apocryphal incised Qianlong four character mark to base, 28.5cm high (2).

清十九世紀銅胎掐絲琺瑯黃地如意扁瓶一對，暗刻楷書「乾隆年製」寄托款

£1,000 - £1,500

210

A pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel circular boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, 19th century

Decorated to the covers with confronting dragons amidst cloud swirls, 8cm diameter (2).

清十九世紀銅胎掐絲琺瑯藍地龍紋蓋盒一對

£200 - £300

212

An unusual Chinese painted enamel and gilt copper baluster vase with paste-inset borders

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

Possibly a section of a larger structure, finely painted in gilt around the body with taotie and other archaistic motifs over a variegated ‘cloud’ glaze suffusing green, blue and purple, with four borders of alternating green and red paste insets, 25.5cm high

清十八/十九世紀銅鎏金畫琺瑯描金嵌料長頸瓶

£800 - £1,200

A Chinese painted enamel ‘immortals’ altar garniture fivepiece set

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Comprising a pair of gu vases, painted to the raised panels with Daoist immortals, 61cm high; a pair of pricket candlesticks 64cm high; and an archaistic incense burner decorated with scenes of Blessings from the heavenly officials (sanxing zhushou) below Chinese characters fu 福, lu 祿, shou 壽, 60cm high; all on densely decorated scrolling foliage yellow ground (5).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪道教八仙、三星祝壽圖五供

£3,000 - £5,000

214

A large Chinese painted enamel dish

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to the central roundel with four officials greeting in pavilion, 44cm diameter

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪人物園景圖紋折沿大盤

£800 - £1,200

216

A large Chinese painted enamel basin

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted with to the centre with a pair of mandarin ducks in pond below leafy peony branches, the well decorated with three dragons amidst scrolling clouds in blue, base painted with chilong roundel to the centre, 45cm diameter

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯鴛鴦紋折沿花口盆

£800 - £1,200

215 A

large painted enamel ‘Xi Wangmu’ basin

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted to the centre with an official in courtyard, greeting Xi Wangmu sitting on a phoenix with attendants amidst scrolling clouds, base painted with a chilong roundel to the centre, 42cm diameter

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪西王母圖紋折沿花口盆

£800 - £1,200

217

A massive Chinese painted enamel charger

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Painted the centre with expansive mountainous watery landscape, the scalloped rim decorated with flowers and fruits within cartouches on a turquoise foliage ground, 60cm diameter

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯山水圖紋花口大盤

£2,000 - £3,000

A pair of massive Chinese painted enamel ‘European Subject’ circular boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, 18th century

The covers painted with figures and two dogs in a landscape before a ‘European’ building, the sides painted with flowering lotus scrolls on a yellow ground, the interior in turquoise enamel, the base in white enamel painted in puce with a flower, 43.5cm diameter (2).

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯繪外國人像山水圖紋大蓋盒一對

£6,000 - £10,000

A large Chinese Imperial painted enamel famille rose basin Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

Finely painted to the centre with a roundel of an elegant lady and two children reading books in a luxurious fenced terrace, the well with scrolls of stylised dragons and phoenixes on a bright yellow ground, the foliate rim and exterior with finely-detailed lotuses and peonies also on yellow ground, the base with puce-enamelled sixcharacter seal mark on a white square, encircled by a double ring of stylised blue chilongs on yellow ground, 37.5cm diameter

清乾隆銅胎畫琺瑯黃地仕女童子圖紋折沿花口盆，

胭脂紅篆書「大清乾隆年製」款

£3,000 - £5,000

A massive Chinese painted enamel and cloisonné rectangular jardinière

Qing dynasty, 18th century

Each side set with a rectangular cloisonné panel decorated with cranes in a lotus pond, and butterflies in flight above a lotus pond, inside a yellow ground lotus painted border, the corners painted with exotic birds on a rocky outcrop, two landscapes, and cranes beneath a setting sun, the flattened rim painted in puce enamel with an archaic dragon border on a yellow ground, the interior and underside in white enamel, the base with two pierced roundels encircled by blue enamel phoenixes, all raised on four stepped feet painted with bats, 65cm wide, 41cm deep, 17cm high, on a fitted hongmu stand and with copper liner.

清十八世紀銅胎畫琺瑯嵌掐絲琺瑯仙鶴蓮池紋長方花盆

£20,000 - £30,000

HEADS OF SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS

Ian Cadzow Chairman & Joint Managing Director iancadzow@roseberys.co.uk

Peter Greenway Director Professional Services & Valuations petergreenway@roseberys.co.uk

Marcus Grey Director Paintings & Prints marcusgrey@roseberys.co.uk

Alice Bailey Associate Director Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Art alicebailey@roseberys.co.uk

Bill Forrest Associate Director Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art billforrest@roseberys.co.uk

Ben Griffiths Senior Business Manager bengriffiths@roseberys.co.uk

Georgina Agnew FGA GD Silver georginaagnew@roseberys.co.uk

Mark Bowis FGA DGA FSA Jewellery & Watches markbowis@roseberys.co.uk

Nigel Dawson-Ellis Design nigeldawsonellis@roseberys.co.uk

Anna Evans

Works of Art, Sculpture & Clocks annaevans@roseberys.co.uk

Ed Plackett Prints & Multiples edplackett@roseberys.co.uk

Charlotte Russell Old Master, British & European Pictures charlotterussell@roseberys.co.uk

William Summerfield

Modern British & 20th Century Art williamsummerfield@roseberys.co.uk

Chinese, Japanese, & South East Asian Works of Art

Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7

November 2024

Viewing at 70/76 Knight’s Hill

London SE27 0JD

Thursday 31 October: 9.30am - 5pm

Friday 1 November : 9.30am - 5pm

Sunday 3 November: 9.30am - 5pm

Monday 4 November: 9.30am - 5pm

Tuesday 5 November: 9.30am - 5pm

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS AT AUCTIONS

1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers of Roseberys London particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms or online only bidding platform. All sales are conducted according to our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection in person, on our websites and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand. Please make sure that you read our Terms of Sale set out in this catalogue or on our website carefully before bidding in the auction. If your bid is successful, you will be obliged to comply with our Terms of Sale.

2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller.

3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price or may be above the reserve price. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.

4. Buyer’s Premium. Please note a buyer’s premium is applied to all lots bought at auction. The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

5. VAT. VAT rules are complicated and you should take specialist advice if you are uncertain about their effect. The following paragraphs explain the VAT symbols used in our catalogues.

5.1. Items in our catalogue may be marked in the following ways:

a. (*) indicates that VAT is payable by the buyer on both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. VAT will be chargeable at the standard rate (presently 20%) for most lots. Qualifying books will be charged at 0%. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the UK and is not operating the Dealers’ Margin Scheme on their consignment to us.

b. Lots which do not display one of the above symbols (referred to herein as unmarked lots) have no VAT payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Therefore, an amount in lieu of VAT at the standard rate is included within the premium and will not be shown separately on our invoice or be recoverable as input tax.

6. Refunds of VAT

6.1. For buyers from outside the UK, the VAT charged on the hammer price and buyer’s premium or included in lieu of VAT in the buyer’s premium can be refunded so long as the buyer has:

a. registered to bid with an address outside the UK; and

b. provided us with proof of export within 3 months of the sale.

6.2. Once we are satisfied that the requirements referred to in Clause 6.1 have been met, and with the proof of export provided, the following VAT will be refunded:

a. For lots marked (*): The VAT on the hammer price and on the buyer’s premium.

b. For unmarked lots: the amount in lieu of VAT in the buyer’s premium.

6.3. To enable us to refund the VAT charged correctly we normally require the use of our international shippers to assist with the required paperwork.

7. Reinvoicing Sales. For unmarked lots, you can request a lot to be reinvoiced outside the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. VAT at 20% will be charged on the hammer price and the VAT on the buyer’s premium will be itemised separately on our invoice. This will enable a VAT registered business to reclaim all the VAT. Please note that the item will no longer be eligible to be sold in the Margin Scheme. We recommend you seek advice before proceeding. Requests must be made within 21 days of the sale and certain conditions apply.

8. Agents. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots mis-described because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a three week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).

9. Goods with electrical components. These are sold as “antiques” for their historical and decorative attributes, and for collection and display only. They are not intended for use. If you buy goods with electrical components and intend to use them, you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.

10. Endangered species. If you intend to buy goods which contain endangered species, you need to find out if there is a prohibition on the purchase of goods of that character. For goods containing elephant ivory, you also need to satisfy yourself that they have been correctly registered or certified and meet the exemption conditions under applicable legislation.

11. Upholstered items. There are sold as “works of art” only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations (items manufactured prior to 1950 are exempt from any regulations). Use of such goods is entirely at the risk of the Buyer and no warranties as to safety of the goods are provided, therefore, if you do intend to use such Lots for private use or otherwise, you must first ensure that they are refurbished and rendered compliant with any applicable furniture and safety regulations.

12. Coloured gems. It is common practice for gemstones to be treated in order to enhance colour and clarity. Unless stated buyers should presume coloured stones may well have been exposed to some sort of treatment.

13. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export licence is required and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing goods of that character because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory.

14. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register with us before the auction starts. We reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value lots this deadline may be several days before the auction in order to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding. Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.

15. Know your Buyer Checks. As auctioneers we may have to conduct various checks into our customers under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (as amended), under sanctions legislation and other related legislation. Unless we confirm we already have this information, on registration to bid you will be required to provide the following:

a. For individuals, official photo identification (driving licence, passport or equivalent) and proof of address (if this is not included in your ID document).

b. For corporate entities, the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent) with the entity’s official name, registered number (if any) and registered address, as well as details and ID documentation for directors and beneficial owners of the entity.

c. For trusts and estates, details and ID documentation for executors/trustees and details of beneficiaries: please contact us for further information.

15.1. You may be asked for further information if we deem this necessary.

15.2. If you are bidding for another person (your “principal”) you will be required to provide the above information for yourself and your principal, along with a signed letter from your principal authorising you to bid on his/her behalf.

15.3. Further information about ID requirements is available on [020 3820 3140]. If we deem that you have not provided sufficient information for us to complete our anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions checks to our satisfaction, we may refuse to register you to bid and we may postpone completion of or cancel any contract made by you and the Seller in the event you have made a successful bid.

16. Live Online bidding

(a) An online bidding service is offered via RoseberysLive, thesaleroom.com and liveauctioneers.com. In completing the bidder registration on these sites the buyer is agreeing to Roseberys conditions of sale.

(b) In the case where a debit or credit card has been used to register the buyer also agrees to authorise Roseberys, if they so wish, to charge the debit or credit card given in part or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased in the auction via the online bidding platforms.

(c) Please note there is no additional surcharge for any lots purchased via RoseberysLive, whether live bidding or commission bidding. Any lots purchased via thesaleroom.com or invaluable.com will be subject to an additional 5% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price. Any lots purchased via Drouot.com will be subject to an additional 3% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price.

(d) Roseberys offers online bidding services as a convenience to its clients, but neither Roseberys nor the seller will be responsible to you for errors during or after the sale or failures to execute bids, either live bids or commission bids placed on the internet or on your mobile device, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by: (i) any loss of connection to the auction being conducted online; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software or the website service provider; and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with any internet connection, computer, mobile device or system.

(e) By accessing RoseberysLive and using the software provided you are agreeing to the Website Terms and Conditions governing use of our websites. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with these prior to accessing our websites.

17. Collection and storage

(a) Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. All lots must be collected within five working days following auction. Storage charges of £5 per lot per day + VAT plus an additional transfer charge of £10 + VAT per lot will be strictly enforced thereafter.

(b) Roseberys are unable to pack, post or deliver any items purchased through public or online auction, a list of suggested companies is supplied upon issuing of invoices, upon request or on the company website/s. These are suggestions only and are not the recommendation of Roseberys or affiliated with Roseberys in anyway and as such Roseberys cannot be held responsible for the individual performance of these companies.

Both the sale of goods at our auctions and your relationship with us are governed by the Terms of Consignment (primarily applicable to sellers) the Terms of Sale (primarily applicable to bidders and buyers) and any notices displayed in the saleroom or announced by us at the auction (collectively, the “Conditions of Business”). The Terms of Consignment and Terms of Sale are available at our saleroom on request.

Please read these Terms of Sale carefully. Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale.

Please note that these Terms of Sale relate to auctions held at our premises only. We have separate terms for online only auctions.

1. Definitions and interpretation

1.1. To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:

“Auctioneer” means Rosberys Fine Art Ltd, a partnership or company registered in England and Wales with registration number 06772322 and whose registered office is located at 74-76 Knights Hill, London, SE27 0JD or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;

“Art Market Participant” means an art market business registered with HMRC under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (as amended);

“Bidder” means a person who places an offer (called a “bid”) for Goods at our auction;

“Buyer” means the person who makes the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer;

“Deliberate Forgery” means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; and (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

“Hammer Price” means the level of the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer by the fall of the hammer;

“Independent Bidding Platform” means an online bidding platform or service that is independent from us and has an arrangement with us to permit a Bidder to review Lots and to bid in our auctions using their platform or service;

“Lot(s)” means the goods that we offer for sale at our auctions;

“Money Laundering Legislation” means the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (as amended) and related legislation, together with any applicable terrorist financing and legislation on Restrictive Measures;

“Principal” means a person or entity you are acting on behalf of for the purposes of the purchase of the Lot(s);

“Premium” means the fee that we will charge you on your purchase of a Lot to be calculated as set out in Clause 4.1.b;

“Recorded Delivery” means a method of delivery pursuant to which the sender receives a confirmation that a letter has been posted and a signature is obtained from the recipient as a record that it has been delivered;

“Reserve” means the minimum hammer price at which a Lot may be sold;

“Restrictive Measures” means economic or financial sanctions, export controls, embargoes or any other restriction on trade under the laws of the European Union, the United Kingdom or the United States, or in the jurisdiction in which you, your Principal, or any agent acting for you does business;

“Sale Proceeds” means the net amount due to the Seller;

“Seller” means the person who consigns Lots for sale at our auctions;

“Terms of Consignment” means the terms on which we agree with Sellers to offer Lots for sale in our auctions as agent on their behalf;

“Terms of Sale” means these terms of sale, as amended or updated from time to time;

“Total Amount Due” means the Hammer Price for a Lot, the Premium, any applicable artist’s resale right royalty, any service charge or fee levied by the Independent Bidding Platform through which the successful bid was placed, any VAT due and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Terms of Sale;

“Trader” means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf;

“VAT” means Value Added Tax or any equivalent sales tax; and “Website” means our website available at www.roseberys.co.uk.

1.2. In these Terms of Sale, the words “you”, “yours”, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words “we”, “us”, “our” etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers

2.1. A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.

2.2. Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.

2.3. The price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 8 and 9.

2.4. The arrangements for collection of the Goods as set out in Clauses 9 and 10.

2.5. Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 14.

2.6. We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.

2.7. If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at the address set out on our Website.

2.8. We also refer you to your warranties as a Bidder and Buyer as set out in Clause 6.

3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer

3.1. You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us (more details are set out at Paragraph [13] of the Information for Buyers in the auction catalogue). We reserve the right, where we deem we are so required for regulatory purposes, to reveal your identity and contact details (and those of your Principal) to the Seller. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid.

3.2. We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person if possible. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition.

3.3. If you instruct us in writing, we may execute commission bids on your behalf. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids are recorded at the same level, we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained).

3.4. The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. However, the Auctioneer shall retain discretion on the running of the auction and in particular, retains the right not to accept a bid and to prefer a bid over any other bids received at the same time. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.

3.5. Bidders will be deemed to act as principals (in other words, acting for their own account and not on behalf of someone else), even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.

3.6. We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.

3.7. We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so.

3.8. Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice).

3.9. In the event you participate in the auction using the services of an Independent Bidding Platform, you will incur an additional fee or additional commission payable to that platform. This will be collected by us as part of the Total Amount Due in the event you are the Buyer of the Lot on which you bid.

3.10. Any post auction sales of lots offered at auction shall incorporate these conditions as if sold in the auction

4. The purchase price

4.1. As Buyer, you will pay:

a. the Hammer Price;

b. a Premium of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT) of the Hammer Price;

c. any artist’s resale right royalty identified as payable on the sale of the Lot;

d. any additional bidding fee payable by a Buyer bidding via an Independent Bidding Platform; and

e. any VAT due.

5. VAT

5.1. You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price and Premium due for a Lot and on any fee payable pursuant to Clause 4.1.d above. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the “Information for Buyers” in our auction catalogue for further information.

5.2. We will charge VAT at the current rate at the date of the auction.

5.3. For any items sold under the rules for the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme, VAT at the standard rate will be charged on the Premium at the standard rate. This VAT cannot be itemised separately on our invoices and is not reclaimable by UK VAT registered Sellers.

6. Buyer Warranties

6.1. You warrant, and where you are acting on behalf of someone else, you will procure that your Principal warrants, that:

6.1.1. the funds to be used for the purchase of the Lot(s) are not connected with nor are derived from any criminal activity, including without limitation tax evasion, money laundering or terrorist financing;

6.1.2. neither you, nor any agent acting for you, nor your Principal, are to the best of your knowledge either under investigation, nor have you been charged with or convicted of without limitation tax evasion, money laundering, terrorist financing or other criminal activities; and

6.1.3. neither you, nor any agent acting for you, nor your Principal, are subject to Restrictive Measures or owned, partly owned or controlled by person(s) subject to such Restrictive Measures.

6.2. Where you are bidding on behalf of another person and you are an Art Market Participant, you warrant that: (i) you have conducted appropriate customer due diligence on the ultimate Buyer of the Goods in accordance with all applicable Money Laundering Legislation; (ii) upon request, you will provide us or any independent third party auditor (employed at our cost) with any identification and any other relevant documentation you have obtained for customer due diligence purposes on the ultimate Buyer of the Goods; (iii) you consent to us relying on this due diligence; and (iv) you will retain for a period of not less than five years the documentation evidencing the due diligence.

6.3. Where you are bidding on behalf of another person and you are not a regulated Art Market Participant, you warrant that you will provide accurate and complete information about your Principal to us.

7. The contract between you and the Seller

7.1. The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the hammer falls accepting the highest bid for the Lot at the auction.

7.2. You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.

7.3. If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may in our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

7.4. We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

7.5. In addition to any other rights we may have to cancel a contract for sale under these Terms of Sale, we may delay completion of a sale, delay release of a Lot or cancel the sale of a Lot in the event:

7.5.1 you are in breach of your warranties in Clause 6; or

7.5.2 we have not completed our enquiries pursuant to the Money Laundering Legislation to our satisfaction; or

7.5.3 we have reason to believe that the transaction might be unlawful for any reason, or that the sale might put us under any civil or criminal liability.

8. Payment

8.1. Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will:

8.1.1. give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations – please refer to Paragraph 13 of the Information for Buyers in the auction catalogue); and

8.1.2. pay to us the Total Amount Due in any way that we agree to accept payment (for cash, there is an upper limit of 10,000 euros equivalent).

8.2. If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay the money you owe us.

9. Title and collection of purchases

9.1. While you are bound by the contract for the purchase of the Lot from the fall of the hammer on your successful bid, the transaction is not completed and ownership in the Lot will not pass to you until:

9.1.1. you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due in cleared funds for that Lot;

9.1.2. you have provided us with the information set out in Clause 8.1.1; and 9.1.3. we have completed our enquiries pursuant to the Money Laundering Legislation to our satisfaction.

9.2. You may not claim or collect a Lot until (i) you have paid for it, (ii) ownership has passed to you and (iii) any applicable storage charge applicable under Clause 9.4 and accrued up until the day of collection have been paid in full by you (at law, the right for a professional to hold on to goods until its services have been paid for is called a “lien”).

9.3. Unless notified otherwise, and subject to the passing of ownership in the Lot to you under Clause 9.1, you will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for either:

9.3.1. not later than 5 working days following the day of the auction; or 9.3.2. not later than 5 working days following the date that we have received payment of the Total Amount Due in cleared funds, if later.

9.4. Subject to Clause 9.1, if you do not collect a Lot you have agreed to purchase within any of the time periods set out at Clause 9.3 above, we shall start charging a minimum warehousing charge of £5 per Lot per day plus any applicable VAT, starting from the latest of the time periods set out at Clause 9.3 above to expire. You will also be responsible for any reasonable removal and insurance charges in relation to that Lot unless the delay was caused by us.

9.5. Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot.

9.6. Subject to Clause 9.1, if you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within ninety days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but (unless the delay was caused by us) will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.

10. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases

10.1. Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale form your contract of purchase. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:

10.1.1. take action against you for damages for breach of contract;

10.1.2. reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;

10.1.3. resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the price you should have paid for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 9. Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;

10.1.4. remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;

10.1.5. if you do not pay us within three working days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due;

10.1.6. keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due;

10.1.7. reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or

10.1.8. if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.

10.2. We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 10.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.

11. Health and safety

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence.

12. Seller’s Warranties

12.1. The Seller warrants to us and to you that:

12.1.1. the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the Lot at auction; 12.1.2. the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and 12.1.3. as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction), and any documentation provided to you by the Seller in relation to the Lot, are correct.

12.2. If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the Total Amount Due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.

12.3. Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand. If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 12.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.

12.4. Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.

13. Descriptions, condition and safety

13.1. Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (ii) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot). The actual colour of the Lot may vary from the images in the auction catalogue.

13.2. We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot.

13.3. Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently.

13.4. Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand and are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold “as is” (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots, for their fitness for purpose, or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

13.5. The sale of Lots containing elephant ivory is banned, subject to some exceptions. Where we offer Lots containing elephant ivory from time to time, we rely on the documentation obtained by the Seller of the Lot confirming that the Lot satisfies the relevant exemptions. We cannot guarantee that any certificate or other documentation provided by us (on the Seller’s behalf) to you in connection with the sale of the Lot is valid or accurate.

13.6. All Lots with electrical components are sold as “antiques” for their historical and decorative attributes for collection and display only, and are not intended for use. If you buy Lots with electrical components and intend to use them, you must first ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations.

13.7. All Lots of furniture are sold as a collector’s item for display purposes and are not supplied for use. Such Lots may not comply with applicable furniture and safety regulations. Therefore, if you do intend to use such Lots for private use or otherwise, you must first ensure that they are refurbished and rendered compliant with any applicable furniture and safety regulations.

14. Deliberate Forgeries

14.1. You may return any Lot which you consider with some cause to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within 21 days of the auction, provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects.

14.2. If we are satisfied, acting reasonably, that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery and it has been returned to us within the time specified in Clause 14.1, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) PROVIDED THAT you will have no right to a refund under this Clause 14.2 if:

14.2.1. the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or 14.2.2. you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us.

14.3. If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot.The rights under this Clause 14 are given to you as Buyer in our auction; they are not given to, and may not be transferred or assigned to, any third party.

14.4. Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.

15. Online Only Timed Auctions

These following terms are applicable only to sales conducted online only and are to be used in addition to the conditions of sale.

(a) Right to Cancel

(i) If you are a consumer resident in the European Union you have the right to cancel the contract for the purchase of a lot within 14 calendar days without giving any reason.

(ii) The cancellation period will expire after 14 calendar days from the day on which you acquire (or a party nominated by you and is not the shipper) physical possession of the lot.

(iii) To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear written statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email), or you may use the cancellation form which can be found on our website or by contacting a member of staff. The communication must be received within 14 calendars days from the day on which you acquire the lot.

(iv) If you cancel the contract, we will reimburse all payments received from you. As Roseberys are unable to provide a postage or packing service the cost of the initial delivery or collection is not returnable. In addition the cost of returning the item if you choose to cancel the contract is payable by you.

(v) We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of damaged caused by unnecessary handling whilst in your possession. We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than (aa) 14 calendar days after the day we receive back from you any goods supplied, or (bb) (if earlier) 14 calendar days after the day you provide evidence that you have returned the goods.

(vi) We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement. We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is earliest.

(b) Liability

Roseberys nor the seller will be responsible to you for errors during or after the online only timed auction or failures to execute bids placed on the internet or on your mobile device, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by:

(i) any loss of connection to the auction being conducted online;

(ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software or the website service provider; and/or

(iii) a breakdown or problems with any internet connection, computer, mobile device or system.

16. Our liability to you

16.1. We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.

16.2. In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Conditions of Business. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.

16.3. You should note that Lots are sold as antiques for their decorative attributes rather than for use, and are often of considerable age and uncertain manufacture; neither we nor the Seller accepts any liability for loss or damage to the Lots, or any other loss or damage, that is caused by or results from any inherent vice or defect affecting the Lots.

16.4. Subject to Clause 15.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase price paid by you to us for any Lot.

16.5. Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:

16.5.1. death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); or

16.5.2. fraudulent misrepresentation; or

16.5.3. any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

17. Notices

17.1. All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it.

17.2. Any notice referred in Clause 16.1 may be given:

17.2.1. by delivering it by hand; or

17.2.2. by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery; or

17.2.3. by email, provided that a copy is also sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery. A notice given by email will be deemed to be signed for the purposes of this Clause 16.1 if the name of the sender appears in a signature position after the body of the email and has not been added automatically by the sender’s email server.

17.3. Notices must be sent:

17.3.1. by hand, by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery:

a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or 17.3.2. by email:

a. to us, by sending the notice to both the following email addresses: bengriffiths@roseberys.co.uk clientservices@roseberys.co.uk

b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing.

17.4. Notices will be deemed to have been received:

17.4.1. if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery; or

17.4.2. if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or 17.4.3. if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt (provided that a copy has also been sent by pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery as set out in Clause 16.3.1.

17.5. Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, any form of messaging via social media or text message.

18. Data Protection

We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our website.

19. General

19.1. We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

19.2. We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause 18.2, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.

19.3. We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.

19.4. Each of the Clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining Clauses will remain in full force and effect.

19.5. We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.

19.6. Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies are: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

19.7. These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.