The Dr Grice Collection Of Chinese Bamboo And Scholars’ Objects - 10th November 2026

Lot 62

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PEWTER ITEMS

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PEWTER ITEMS
LATE QING DYNASTY

Comprising: an incense burner decorated with the characters fu and shou; an octagonal vase and two covers; a five-tiered box and cover; a cylindrical box and cover with a two-character mark reading Yuhe; two circular incense burners with four-character marks reading Yuncheng Zheng ji; and three other items, one marked Xiang Changsheng zao, most variously decorated in parcel-gilt and copper and with wire embellishments, 34.2cm max. (16)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

Cf. R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art, vol. 2, p.74, no.48 for another similar pewter incense burner, formerly from the collection of Dr Grice.

清晚期 包錫福壽香爐、蓋罐及盒 一組九件
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。