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The du Boulay Collection

Auction date Wednesday 8 March 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Wednesday 8th March at 10.30am


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Head of Sale: Guy Schwinge


We are honoured to have been instructed to sell the private collection of the late Anthony and Judith du Boulay. Anthony was a leading authority on Chinese porcelain, but he had the “eye” of a true connoisseur and a passion for pieces that he found to be beautiful - from an early St. Cloud vase to an Old Master of the Madonna.

Our auction on the 8th March presents an opportunity to acquire a treasured possession from the du Boulay’s home in Dorset.

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Total lots: 261

A SMALL BELL-SHAPED MUG (CAPUCHINE)
Lot 169 Sold
A SMALL BELL-SHAPED MUG (CAPUCHINE)
circa 1720-30, the decoration probably Italian, the exterior covered in a Batavian brown glaze enriched in cold colours with a crouching gilt chinoiserie figure with two attendants, smaller figures with parasols either side of the “C”-shaped handle, the border to the interior with underglaze blue flower sprays, 9cm high

Provenance: Bt. Paulo Lukacs Donath, Rome, 26th November 2004.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER
Lot 170 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER
probably 1722-1727, with gold Paris mounts, the bowl probably Fujian, the cover Dehua mounted with gold rims and applied gold panels, the bowl with a blue seal mark, one of the gold rims with two Paris dècharge marks, the other with a single dècharge mark, 9cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Kenneth Davis, 15 King Street, St. James’s, 20th September 2004.
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE SAUCER PAINTED “EN CAMAÏEU VERTE”
Lot 171 Sold
A CHINESE SAUCER PAINTED “EN CAMAÏEU VERTE”
circa 1758-63, with rustic scene in front of a farmhouse, within gilt dentil borders, London painted, probably in the workshop of James Giles, 12cm diameter; together with a Chelsea bucket-shaped tea bowl similarly painted with a river landscape, with gold anchor mark, circa 1760, attributed to J.H. O’Neale, 7cm diameter (2)

Provenance: The Saucer: Watney Collection, Phillips Part II, 10th May 2000.
The cup: the late Charles E. Boast. Bt. E & H Manners, 3rd December 2010.
Literature: “The Early James Giles and his Contemporary London Decorators”, by Stephen Hanscombe,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE BALUSTER VASE
Lot 172 Sold
A CHINESE BALUSTER VASE
Qing or later, decorated in a pale celadon crackle glaze, 21cm high
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £80 - £150
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE QUATREFOIL CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 173 Sold
A CHINESE QUATREFOIL CUP AND SAUCER
Qianlong, painted after a Meissen copy of Kakiemon scattered with flower sprays, with blue enamelled crossed swords marks, 11.5cm wide

Provenance: Bt. R & G McPherson Antiques, 12th June 2013.

Literature: Espir, op.cit., p.167, fig.17.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
Lot 174 Sold
A CHINESE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
the porcelain late Kangxi, with blue square seal marks, the engraving probably Dresden, circa 1720-25, painted in underglaze blue with birds perched on flowering branches issuing from rockwork, the Batavian brown exterior wheel engraved, each with a flying Cupid holding an arrow and a heart and birds perched on flowering branches and a basket, 11.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Robert McPherson Antiques, June 2014.

Literature: Espir, op.cit., fig.12.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE PORCELAIN TEAPOT AND COVER
Lot 175 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN TEAPOT AND COVER
the porcelain circa 1715-20, the Dutch decoration circa 1725, in fine-line style on one side with a dog and a man shooting at three ducks across a canal, on the other with a pheasant looking back at a hanging spider flanked by two large flowering branches, the cover with red and yellow knop and two flower sprays, the handle with flowers, the spout with two mosquitos, 12cm high

Provenance: Bt. from Rob Michiels Antiquetiles Be Eekhoutstraat 1 , 8000 Brugge, Belgium. 25th November 2014.
Literature:  Espir, op.cit. p.119, fig.6.
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE TEABOWL
Lot 176 Sold
A CHINESE TEABOWL
Kangxi, with later Dutch 'clobbered' decoration, of hexagonal form with pierced lattice panels, on an associated white metal and jadeite stand, the bowl 6cm high x 7.5cm wide
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE APOTHECARY BOTTLE
Lot 177 Sold
A CHINESE APOTHECARY BOTTLE
the porcelain Kangxi, circa 1700, the decoration circa 1710-30, Dutch decorated after a Japanese original of broad baluster form, the neck with brown rimmed collar and flat silver top, the body enamelled in green, red, gold and black with a pheasant on a flowering tree on each side, the shoulder with floral and scroll lappets, the neck with flower sprays and red stiff leaves, 23.5cm high

Provenance: Helen Espir Collection no. 342. Bt. Woolley & Wallis 13th November 2014, lot 370.
Literature: “European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain” by Helen Espir, p. 77, pl. 6, where she…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHRYSANTHEMUM PETAL SAUCER DISH
Lot 178 Sold
A CHRYSANTHEMUM PETAL SAUCER DISH
Kangxi, painted in the Japanese Arita style, the centre with a yellow robed man standing behind a red robed woman, the border with three flower sprays, 13.8cm diameter

Literature: For an identical design to the Meissen version of this subject – see "Porcelain for Palace" Exhibition, British Museum 1991, no. 308.

Exhibited: World in Colours OCS 2006, no. 400.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A FAMILLE VERTE FAN-SHAPED SWEETMEAT DISH
Lot 179 Sold
A FAMILLE VERTE FAN-SHAPED SWEETMEAT DISH
Kangxi, with flowers and precious objects on a green wave ground, 14.5cm wide

Provenance: Godmersham Park, Kent, Christie's, 7th June 1983.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
FOUR CHINESE FAMILE ROSE YELLOW GROUND PLATES
Lot 180 Unsold
FOUR CHINESE FAMILE ROSE YELLOW GROUND PLATES
Guangxu, painted and gilt, with four roundels containing characters amongst scrolling foliage, the centre with shou character, with iron-red Guangxu six character marks to the base and of the period, 24cm diameter

Provenance: The du Boulay family.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE EXPORT PART SERVICE
Lot 181 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT PART SERVICE
Qianlong, decorated with an armorial depicting a heraldic lion, with green and gilt borders, consisting of a bottle vase, sugar bowl, sauce boats and plates of various sizes (a collection)

Provenance: The du Boulay family.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE HARDWOOD BRUSH POT (BITONG)
Lot 182 Sold
A CHINESE HARDWOOD BRUSH POT (BITONG)
with a moulded rim and a similar base with three shaped feet, 13.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 183 Sold
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
a set of five scrolls depicting equestrian figures, archers and figures hunting, 102.5cm (the largest)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
Lot 184 Unsold
A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
18th century, depicting an elegant couple seated beneath a tree with an extensive river landscape beyond, in a later giltwood and black lacquer frame decorated with foliage in gilt within a beaded and leaf-carved border, 29.5cm x 45.5cm (the glass)

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, 26th October 1995, Lot 500.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A JAPANESE ARITA CHARGER
Lot 185 Sold
A JAPANESE ARITA CHARGER
Edo, decorated with figures in a landscape, one flying a flag, with pagodas in the distance, 39cm diameter
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AN ARITA SMALL OBLONG BOWL
Lot 186 Sold
AN ARITA SMALL OBLONG BOWL
of European baroque form, with painted “three friends on banded hedges”, the baluster section with orange ground panels, highlighted in gilt, the decoration circa 1720-40, 8cm high

Provenance: Bt. Lawrence’s, 16th January 2014, lot 1415.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A JAPANESE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
Lot 187 Sold
A JAPANESE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
the porcelain circa 1720-30, the Dutch decoration 1740-50, painted in bright colours with Harlequin, Columbine and gentlemen in a garden landscape within lappet borders, 11cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Errol Manners, June 2013.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PAIR OF KAKIEMON ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOWLS
Lot 188 Sold
A PAIR OF KAKIEMON ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOWLS
Edo, late 17th century, of deep rounded form, decorated with flowering plants issuing from blue and yellow low tables; the top ormolu bands each with three vertical rectangular handles, the ormolu stands with three finely-chased goat’s leg monopodia supports surrounding a central gadrooned section, in the manner of Dominique Daguerre (d.1796); 11.5cm x 10.8cm

Provenance: Previously in the collection of John Whitehead.
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A DUTCH DECORATED KAKIEMON DISH
Lot 189 Sold
A DUTCH DECORATED KAKIEMON DISH
c.1710-20, the centre painted with the "Hob in the Well" design within a dense floral border, 21.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Vincent L'Herrou, Ceramics Fair, June 2002.

This celebrated pattern derives from the Chinese story of the 11th century Statesman Sima Guang (Jp. Shiba Onko), illustrating lateral thinking and presence of mind. When as a boy, his friend fell into a giant water-jar and as Guang was not strong enough to pull him out, he took a large stone and smashed the jar.
The English name apparently derives from the name of a farce by Colley Cibber of 1711 Flora or Hob…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A RARE ARITA GILT-METAL MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE STYLE TEAPOT
Lot 190 Sold
A RARE ARITA GILT-METAL MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE STYLE TEAPOT
late 17th – early 18th century, the ovoid body with two inset heart-shaped relief-decorated cavities, one showing a lion beside flowers, the other with flowers among rocks, surrounded by leafy tendrils, the shoulder with a foliate diaper band, the foot painted to suggest a lotus flower, flanked by a loop handle and bamboo-form spout; the cover, handle and spout with Dutch gilt-metal mounts, each with a figural finial and joined by a chain, 15.9cm long
Provenance: The Gillingham Collection, Sotheby’s London, 19th April 2000, lot 410.Exhibited: "The…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A JAPANESE DEEP PLATE
Lot 191 Sold
A JAPANESE DEEP PLATE
painted in Holland by the Fine Line decorator with Leda, partly draped in pink over her right arm caressing the swan, her feet in the river, Cupid behind on her left in a river landscape, the border with alternating pineapples and shells joined by scrolls, 21cm diameter

Illustrated: Espir p.126, 127, p1. 15 & 16.
The bottle in the Princessehof of Leenwander from the Ottema-Kingma Foundation has many…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX
Lot 192 Unsold
A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX
Meiji, of rectangular form decorated with scrolling leafy tendrils and stylised foliage on a gold speckled ground, 20cm wide
Estimate: £150 - £300
8 March 2023
8 March 2023

Total lots: 261

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