Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 01 Jul 2020
A LARGE CHINESE COPPER-RED 'FIVE DRAGON' VASE 18TH CENTURY The pear-shaped body with a tall...
十八世紀 釉裡紅趕珠龍紋瓶
A LARGE CHINESE COPPER-RED 'FIVE DRAGON' VASE
18TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body with a tall tapering neck, decorated with scaly five-clawed dragons amidst clouds and flames, their eyes picked out in underglaze blue, all above breaking waves, the short foot painted with a continuous leaf scroll, with gilt-metal mounts to the neck and foot, the neck reduced and the base lacking, 55cm overall.
Provenance: Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942), Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009), the Trustees of Exbury House.
Lionel de Rothschild, OBE (1882-1942) was the eldest son of Leopold de Rothschild and part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. After the death of his father in 1917, Lionel and his brother Anthony became the managing partners of N M Rothschild & Sons bank. Aside from his involvement in the family bank, Lionel was also a Conservative politician, serving as MP for the Vale of Aylesbury from 1910 to 1923.
After selling Halton House which he had inherited from his uncle Alfred de Rothschild in 1918, the following year Lionel purchased the Mitford estate at Exbury in Hampshire. Lionel had been interested in horticulture from an early age and dedicated much time and money into creating an impressive garden at Exbury. He was also responsible for the building of Exbury House on the estate in the 1920s. Lionel passed away in 1942, and the estate was inherited by his son Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) who devoted himself not only to the family business but also to maintaining and developing Exbury Gardens which had fallen into disrepair during the Second World War. Whilst Exbury House remains private, the gardens are open to the public and are still regarded as some of the finest in the United Kingdom today.
The lots offered in this sale were in the collection of Lionel de Rothschild at Exbury House and subsequently passed by descent to Edmund.
Cf. J Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.I, p.215, no.449 for a smaller related vase, but with a single dragon.
來源：Lionel de Rothschild（1882-1942）舊藏，Edmund de Rothschild（1916-2009），英國漢普郡艾斯博瑞莊園。
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)是Leopold de Rothschild的大兒子並執掌一部分的英格蘭Rothschild家族銀行。1917年，在其父親去世之後，Lionel及他的兄弟Anthony成為了N M Rothschild & Sons 銀行的合夥人。除此之外，他還是一個保守黨政治領袖之一並在1910至1923之間他曾擔任Vale of Aylesbury的國會議員。賣掉他從叔叔那裡繼承的Halton莊園之後的第二年，他買下了漢普郡的Mitford莊園的Exbury別墅。Lionel一直鍾情於園藝，在買下Exbury別墅之後他花費了大量的時間和金錢打造他心目中最完美的英式花園。1942年Lionel去世之後，他的兒子Edmund de Rothschild （1916-2009）繼承並致力於家族企業，且重建被二戰銷毀的Exbury花園。如今Exbury別墅沒有對外開放，但其花園是英國最著名的花園之一，每年絡繹不絕的訪客慕名而來。此次上拍的兩件拍品为Lionel de Rothschild的藏品，之后由Edmund de Rothschild继承。
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