Asian Art II - 15th November 2023
Lot 515
TWO CHINESE POWDERED-BLUE GROUND BOWLS
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1764
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Description
TWO CHINESE POWDERED-BLUE GROUND BOWLS
KANGXI 1662-1722
Together with a reduced powdered-blue ground yen yen vase, a celadon glazed incense burner, and a bowl from the Nanking Cargo, the vase with a wood cover and stand, 26cm. (7)
Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel's death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.