THREE CHINESE PLATES

THREE CHINESE PLATES
REPUBLIC PERIOD

One with a fruiting and flowering pomegranate tree among chrysanthemum and peony painted in the famille rose palette; another with an iron-red Buddhist lion and puppy beneath an inscription; the third with three iron-red fish, each with a stamped mark to the base, 23.8cm max. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Colonel William Edmund Pye (1872-1949). Commissioned into the British Army in 1892, he served with the Indian Army in Tirah between 1897-98, then in 1900 was sent to China as the leader of the British Section of the International Police. It was at this time he started his collection, which has passed by decent to the current owner. Other items from his collection were sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 13th May 2011.