A Chinese blue and white 'Buddhist Emblems' bowl: the exteri...
A Chinese blue and white 'Buddhist Emblems' bowl: the exterior finely painted with the archaic characters 'shan gao shui chang' [the hills are high, the rivers are long] within four reserves amongst the Eight Buddhist Emblems 'bajixiang' and lotus flowers and tendrils, the interior with a shou medallion and ruyi-head border, four-character mark within double circles 'The bingwu year of Qianlong' corresponding to 1786, 17cm.
*PLEASE NOTE - There will be NO INTERNET bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer. (If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days)
* Provenance The above lot was acquired either by Edward George Pellew Mayers [1840-1911] during military service in China and Japan between 1870 and 1880 or his son Edward Courtenay Pellew Mayers [1878-1933] who visited China in 1911. Thence by direct family descent.
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A Chinese blue and white 'Buddhist Emblems' bowl: the exterior finely painted with the archaic characters 'shan gao shui chang' [the hills are high, the rivers are long] within four reserves amongst the Eight Buddhist Emblems 'bajixiang' and lotus flowers and tendrils, the interior with a shou medallion and ruyi-head border, four-character mark within double circles 'The bingwu year of Qianlong' corresponding to 1786, 17cm.
*PLEASE NOTE - There will be NO INTERNET bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer. (If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days)
* Provenance The above lot was acquired either by Edward George Pellew Mayers [1840-1911] during military service in China and Japan between 1870 and 1880 or his son Edward Courtenay Pellew Mayers [1878-1933] who visited China in 1911. Thence by direct family descent.
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