Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 2138
TWO CHINESE JUN YAO BUBBLE BOWLS
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £35000
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Description
TWO CHINESE JUN YAO BUBBLE BOWLS
SONG/YUAN DYNASTY
The rounded sides covered in a thick glaze of greyish-green colour stopping unevenly above the foot, one with a paper label for W H Upjohn, no.61, Atherton Grange, each with a wood stand, 9cm and 8.5cm. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of William Henry Upjohn KC, and later Mr Charles Sydney Cheston, painter, d.1960, and thence by descent. Recorded in Charles Cheston's 1946 catalogue as purchased for £18, with a note: 'as vetted by Hobson who handled them 1917'.
Cf. R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, p.426 for further information about William Henry Upjohn KC.