A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED ANHUA DECORATED 'PHOENIX' JAR

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The ovoid body incised with a design of two phoenix amidst stylised clouds, with a band of ruyi-heads to the rim and lappets to the foot, together with a wood stand and a reticulated wood cover, 16cm. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay GCB, KCMG, CVO, PC,1877-1945, and thence by descent. Sir Ronald Lindsay was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was the British Ambassador to Turkey from 1925-26 and to Germany from 1926-28; from 1928-30, he was Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and from 1930-39 the British Ambassador to the United States of America.