Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
A Rare Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Beggars Bennison' Punch Bowl, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1760 | 清乾隆 約1760年 粉彩紋章圖大盌
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 31, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Rare Chinese Export Famille-Rose 'Beggars Bennison' Punch Bowl, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1760
清乾隆 約1760年 粉彩紋章圖大盌
two sides of the bowl decorated with a device encircled by a loop inscribed THE BEGGARS BENNISON surmounted by a pink ribbon, two other sides painted with floral bouquets, the interior rim decorated en grisaille and gilt with a cell-diaper border with the device repeated in the center
diameter13 in.; 33 cm
The Collection of Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur, Delaware
Fred B. Nadler, New York, 26 July 1980
The Collection of John T. Dorrance Jr., Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 October, 1989, lot 390
Fred B. Nadler, New York, 26 July 1980
The Collection of John T. Dorrance Jr., Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 October, 1989, lot 390
For discussion on The Beggar's Bennison, see catalogue note for the preceding lot. Aside from the present and preceding example, three more punch bowls bearing the device appear to be published. An identical example, currently in the Museum Collection of the University of St. Andrews, acc. no. HC1063, and is illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. II, Chippenham, 2003, p. 169, E18. A punch bowl bearing the device of The Beggar's Bennison on the interior, and the Wentworth arms on the exterior is illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 263, E18. This example was formerly in the collection of Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig (1873-1943), and later entered the collection of the Fort Ligionier Museum, Pennsylvania, in 1976, and offered at Christie's New York, January 23rd, 2020, lot 73. Howard also documents one further bowl at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, with this device and of this style.