Lot 144 , A pair of Chinese famille noire square bowls, late 19th century, one bowl broken and glued, both stands glued

A pair of Chinese famille noire square bowls, late 19th century, painted to each side with panels of flowers and rockwork including a lotus pond, between diaper borders, on a circular foot, underglaze blue double circle to base, 23.5cm wide, original carved hongmu scrollwork stands, 19.5cm wide, one bowl broken and glued, both stands glued
£300-500

Condition:
Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent. This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier. The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale. One of the bowls has been broken into three sections with some messy re-gluing around the area and some all evidence of old rivet repair is now removed but still showing the pinholes, the second bowl with a small splinter to chip to the glaze on the edge of the rim. Both wood stands are complete but have been messily re-glued at the joints.

Sold for £480