| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of early Chinese ceramics : neolithic mortuary jars, T'ang funerary figures and wares, a Chun censer and a Kuan waterpot, Honan, Ch'ing Pai and Korean wares, a series of Lung Ch'uan celadons ; also Ming porcelain, a 14th century blue and white potiche, a small 15th century stepped foot vase, a Ch'eng Hua imperial yellow dish, Fa Hua and other enamelled wares, 16th century blue and white ; and Ch'ing wares, a green-glazed beehive waterpot, peach blooms and other monochromes, 'famille-verte' and a large pair of blue and white vases, a pair of figures of cranes, two armorial services, a punch bowl with the royal arms, a pair of vases from the à la Pompadour service ; works of art, including jade carvings and Canton enamels, cloisonné enamel vases, plaques and dishes ; also archaic bronzes, an important Shang covered ritual vessel (Fang-Yi), two bronze fine wine vessels (Ku and Chiao), a Han covered hu and other ritual vessels |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1968 |
| Physical desc. |
65 pages, [34] plates ; illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
10/12/1968 |
| Including property of: Mrs Enid Lodge and of the late Brodie Lodge, C. MacKechnie Jarvis, and the Rt. Hon. the Earl Poulett (removed from Hinton House, Somerset). |
| Printed compliment slip from Sotheby & Co. attached to the front cover, with the following typed in red: 'The property of Sir Chester A. [sic] Beatty, decd. per, Messrs McCann Fitzgerald Roche & Dudley. Property no. J.339. Lot no. 60 to 63. |
| Annotated at pages 28-29: lot 60 ('large blue and white wine jar (kuan) [with illustration]), '880'; lot 61 ('a pair of rectangular boxes and covers'), '100'; lot 62 ('a rectangular box and cover' [with illustration]), '450'; and lot 63 ('another rectangular box and cover'), '450'. |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 10 December, 1968, London |
| Person as subject |
Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Porcelain, Chinese -- Catalogs |
