张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
CERAMICS
0026 ‘MESSRS. CHRISTIE, MANSON, and WOODS respectfully give notice that they will SELL, by AUCTION ... several splendid ancient enamels, taken by an officer from the Summer Palace at Pekin, and a magnificent old porcelain bottle; a very fine Indian silver centrepiece; the Emperor’s great seal of State, a beautiful work, carved in green jade; splendid embroidered Chinese court dresses, the covering of the Imperial throne; slabs of jade engraved with characters, part of the imperial archives, and other highly interesting and beautiful specimens of Chinese art, from the Summer Palace at Pekin. (1 July 1861, ‘Sales by Auction’, The Morning Post, p. 8.)
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0040 General Sir James Hope Grant loaned 85 objects to the Exhibition of Industrial and Decorative Art in Edinburgh 1861. Though many could have Chinese imperial provenance, the catalogue linked only two items with the Yuanmingyuan.
‘818. Cylindrical vase, white crackle ware, 400 years old, from the Summer Palace, Pekin.’
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‘821. Bottle-shaped vase, light green ground, from the Palace, Pekin.’
(Johnstone, W.B., 1861. Official catalogue of the exhibition of industrial and decorative art 1861. Edinburgh: Murray & Gibb, p. 62.)
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0023 In 1861 there was an Exhibition of the Suffolk Archaeological Institute. A reviewer commended a display on ‘the arts of Persia, India, and China’:
‘the porcelain of China, their lamps, of which one from the famous Summer Palace of the Emperor is before us, as well as some rich embroidery from the same place, show what excellence had been attained by the East.’ (27 August 1861, Bury and Norwich Post, p. 2, col. 5.)
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0010 A conversazione was held at Montrose by the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society in February 1863, in the New Town Hall buildings. One newspaper reported that among the curiosities were:
‘a very valuable and extensive collection of articles from Dr. Edmund Hoile, taken from the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China ... There was a very fine specimen of Chinese art – a porcelain picture of the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China – considered to be a great curiosity, and which represents the several buildings stretched along the river, and a procession passing along.’
(28 February 1863, Dundee Courier, p. 4)
Another newspaper reported the picture among:
‘productions of other lands, the inhabitants of which hold ideas of art differing considerably from these generally received among us. A porcelain picture of the Emperor of China's Summer Palace at Pekin is a striking exemplification of this remark. The picture is finely mounted on wood, and it forms part of the 'loot' taken at the sacking of the Palace.’ (3 March 1863, Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser, p. 7)
中文:
1863 年 二月 Montrose 自然史 和 古物 学 会 在 苏格兰 的 Montrose, 进行 了 一次 艺术 展览. 报纸 报道 了: "一 件 非常 精 致 的 中国 艺术品. 它 是 一 个 绘 有 中国 皇帝 的 圆明园 瓷器 图片. 这 幅 图 片 引 起 人们 的 好奇。它 描摹 有 数 个 建筑物， 以及 从 河旁 经过 一行 人 。整 个 瓷器 被 镶嵌 在 木 头上 文物 Dr. Edmund Hoile 或者 O. Hoile 持有. (28 February 1863, Dundee Courier, p. 4.)
(Translation by Ge Dongsheng with Kate Hill)
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0031 The following 56 objects were included under the heading ‘Porcelain’ in the catalogue of Capitaine Negroni’s collection of plunder from the Yuanmingyuan, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1865:
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85. A large plate, with turquoise and gold enamel of incomparable beauty. The centre represents the elements of nature, round which is a circle containing the primitive Chinese characters; then follow those of Lant-Cheu and Confucius; and the whole are surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac, represented by fantastic figures. The general ornamentation is very splendid bats, the emblems of long life and happiness. The great Ming rose, and other national emblems, are all beautifully depicted. This is a work of the greatest merit, is ornamented on both sides, and has the imperial stamp.
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86. A second plate, exactly like the above. [85.]
87. A large vase, having a similar ornamentation, but of a greater antiquity, being prior to the application of gold to the decoration of porcelain in China.
88. A pair of old China vases, with gilded handles. The subject represents Chinese life in the primitive ages.
89. A large red croquelé vase; a very antique and rare porcelain. The vase was made during the Thing dynasty, some 200 years before Christ; the enamel is said to be composed of pulverised gems.
90. A large white vase, with designs beneath the outer enamel. This is a very rare and curious description of porcelain.
91. A large vase of the time of the grand Mings. The ground is white, on which are green dragons, while the Ming signet, in blue festoons bordered with red, surround the body of the vase.
92. A large green and white gaufre vase. On account of the great age, the enamel of the vase has partially disappeared.
93. A pair of the large sea-green and white gaufre vases. The form is very singular, the design and colour perfect. These vases have the authentic stamp of the Sang dynasty.
94. An old croquelé lamp, in form of a basket with handles. The secret of making this description of porcelain has been lost for many centuries. This fine specimen unquestionably belongs to the earliest ages.
95. A little antique vase, bearing a very old stamp. The design is on a white ground in the delicate red formed from the oxide of iron varied with blue. It is quite a marvel of antique ceramic art.
96. Another vase of similar description without blue.
97. A figured pair of antique green gaufre vases, with various medallions interspersed with flowers.
98. A little lapis blue (grand feu) vase, with designs in gold. This is an exquisite specimen, perfect in every respect.
99. A little grey croquelé vase, with a plain band of white, on which are traced some very antique blue Chinese characters. The difficulties of producing this work must have been immense, and there is no record of how they were overcome.
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100. A little famille vert vase, with winged dragons, the attributes of honour for the Chinese Empresses.
101. A pair of pencil-holders in imperial yellow porcelain, with designs in relief. These were much valued in China, and bear the authentic stamp of the Emperor Chi-en-fau. The subject is a landscape.
102. A similar vase. The subject: a mandarin in the country.
103. A pencil-holder of enamelled porcelain. It has a very rich design in gold and red on a turquoise ground.
104. A little vase in what is called bleu apres la pluie, perfectly modelled. The ornamentation is composed of eight Ming panels. On the bottom is the authentic stamp of Chi-en-fau.
105. Two twin bottles in turquoise and gold enamel with beautiful dragons on the neck. This is one of the finest specimens existing.
106. A little bottle used for snuff, in imperial yellow croquelé, with designs in relief, admirably executed.
107. A little flacan made in imitation of Saxony porcelain. The subject, a Virgin and child, is very well treated. The stopper is a Balais ruby.
108. A pair of hanging vases, lie de vin, with designs in demi relief, very well executed. In front there is a white sunk panel with an inscription in fine Chinese characters, and the authentic stamp of the grand Ming dynasty. Nothing could be more perfect than these masterpieces of ceramic art.
109. A magnificent jardinier vase, marvellously decorated with the Ming rose, &c., in demi relief. These designs are remarkable for the beauty of their composition and the delicacy of the work.
110. A little vase of a round form, intended to refresh the pencils used in writing Chinese. It is imperial yellow porcelain, which is one of the rarest sorts. The design is in relief.
111. Four famille vert tea cups. The form and paste are the most delicate possible, and the flowers and insects which form the ornamentation are pencilled in the most artistic manner.
112. Two cups, with large leaves and butterflies; antique famille vert, of a very fine description.
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113. Two cups, with figures drawn in Chinese ink, representing musicians at a public ceremony.
114. Two Ming cups, with green scaly dragons; very ancient and choice porcelain, known as Ming porcelain.
115. A little perfume burner, in shagreen porcelain, having a fine landscape, and surmounted by the dog of Fo-ki, illuminated with gold.
116. Two little sugar dishes, in gold and turquoise, with demi-reliefs of the greatest beauty.
117. An imperial craquelé cup, decorated with flowers and leaves.
118. Two cups, in blue lapis enamel, with winged dragons, emblems of the honor of the Empresses. The stamp is that of the Hall of Virtue.
119. A cup, with Chinese characters and flowers; a very beautiful antique model.
120. Two cups, with cinnamon leaveas and flowers; it has a stamp of immense antiquity.
121. A cup, having dragons and insects of a mythological signification.
122. Seven cups, with dragons, &c., the design is extremely rich; the main colours green and iron red. They are of great antiquity.
123. Three little cups, bearing the name of the Emperor Koe-nti.
124. Six little croquelé cups, sea-green and white, very fine and rare.
125. Two cups, with flowers and a Chinese inscription. These have the authentic Ming stamp.
126. Two cups of the famille vert, with scorpions. These are considered very valuable.
127. Two cups, of Ming porcelain, with delicately drawn flowers and figures.
128. Two saucers, in Ming porcelain, with flowers, fruit, and figures.
129. A porcelain suacer, with painting of a sea-port.
130. A plate, of Ming porcelain, with figures; a really wonderful specimen.
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131. A plate, in Ming porcelain, with green dragons enamelled en crew. It has an authentic stamp of great antiquity.
132. A Ming plate, with flowers and leaves outside, while the interior has a beautiful design below the enamel.
133. Another plate of the same description.
134. Another plate with a Chinese figure.
135. Anther plate with a Chinese lady.
136. A very antique cup in pure white.
137. One of the Emperor’s decorations, bearing the stamp of the Emperor Kien-long; it is charmingly enamelled and encircled with gold.
138. A very antique cloisones pencil-holder, bearing the authentic stamp of the great Mings.
139. A cloisones gourd, of a very old and rare description.
140. A perfumed burner, in Chinese enamel on copper, the colours and workmanship are wonderful.
141. A perfumed burner, matching the above. These were the two finest enamels found in the Summer Palace.
See Catalogue of Captain de Negroni's Collection of Porcelain, Jade, Jewels, Silks, Furs, Stones, &c., from Yuen-Min-Yuen, (The Summer Palace) Pekin, London: McCorquodale & Co. 1865, pp. 21–25.) The collection was sold through Messrs. Foster in June 1866. (16 June 1866, Birmingham Gazette, p. 4.)
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0004 A ‘curious perforated Chinese scent bottle from the summer palace at Pekin’ was offered by a Mr. Field of London as a prize for ladies at the ‘Grand Western Archery Meeting of 1866’, held at Weymouth. (19 July 1866, Dorset County Chronicle, p. 9.)
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0103 An Exhibition of Fine Arts at Brighton, Sussex County, opened on 24 June 1867 in the Brighton Pavilion. Mr. James S. Turner, bailiff of the town of Seaford, lent:
• One basin and two 9 1/2in. plates, Imperial yellow-etched with dragons, part of the table service of the Emperor of China, taken from his Summer Palace.
• One saucer and two basins, yellow ware, with flowers and dragons painted in green. From the Summer Palace.
• Two shallow basins, brown crackle ware. From the Summer Palace.’
(Southern Counties’ Association Catalogue of Works of Art and Industry, Exhibited at the New Assembly Rooms, Royal Pavilion Grounds. Brighton, 1867, p. 66.)
The Salisbury and Winchester Journal noted: ‘Amongst the Oriental porcelain were some very curious specimens taken from the Summer Palace of Pekin...’ (29 June 1867, Salisbury and Winchester Journal, p. 7.)
0103 一 八 六 七 年 六 月 二 十 四 日, 在 布赖顿 市 皇家 布赖顿 美术 画展 开场 了. Seaford 镇的 镇长, James S. Turner 先生, 捐 献了：
• 一个 盆 和 两个 9.5 英寸 的 碟子, 它们 都 是 代表帝王 的 黃色, 上面刻有龙的图案. 这些 器 皿 来 自 圆明园, 是 中国 皇帝 使用的 餐具.
• 一个 黄瓷 小碟子 和 两个 黄瓷 盆, 绘 有 绿色 的 花 和 龙.
• 两个 取自 圆明园 的 褐色 瓷裂釉 浅盆.
(Southern Counties’ Association Catalogue of Works of Art and Industry, Exhibited at the New Assembly Rooms, Royal Pavilion Grounds. Brighton, 1867, p. 66.)
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0093 In 1869 an exhibition opened in Cutlers’ Hall in connection with St. Phillip's Church. A newspaper reported: ‘some very curious Chinese and Japanese articles are exhibited (not for sale). They are lent by a gentleman of the congregation, and comprise some antique earthenware from the summer palace of Pekin.’ (29 December 1869, Sheffield Independent, p. 3.)
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0142 In 1870 Robert McTear advertised a ‘PUBLIC SALE OF ORIENTAL CURIOS, LOOT FROM THE SUMMER PALACE AT PEKIN, Egg-Shell and other China ...’ (15 April 1870, Glasgow Herald, p. 7.) 26 February 2016.
中文:
1870年 Robert McTear 张贴 了一份广告「公开出售 东方 古董，掠夺品 取自 北京 圆明园，薄胎瓷器 和 其他瓷器。」（一八七零年四月十五日，格拉斯哥 先驱论，第七页。)
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0145 When the Bath and West of England Show took place in 1870, Mrs. Robert Parson lent to the Fine Arts Department a ‘Vase of enamelled porcelain, from the Summer Palace, Pekin’. (15 June 1870, Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, p. 6.) 26 February 2016.
中文:
在 一八 七零 年 巴斯 和 西 英格兰 展览会上, Robert Parson 夫人 借给美术部门一个「来自 北京 圆明园 的 珐琅瓷 花瓶」。(一八七零年六月十五日， 汤顿 信使 和 西部 广告， 第 六 页。）
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0151 When the effects of William Bishop — the renowned agent for gun manufacturer Westley Richards aka. ‘Bishop of Bond Street’ — appeared at auction in 1871, among the lots was ‘a tile from the Summer Palace of Pekin’. (10 June 1871, Morning Post, p. 5.) This was apparently included in a lot with ‘a preserved salmon tin, found by Capt. Inglefield, R.N., on Beechy Island’, and sold for 1s. (19 June 1871, Clerkenwell News, p. 5.) 26 February 2016.
中文:
1871 年 William Bishop 先生（著名 枪 支 制作商 Westley Richards 的 代理人，又名 「Bond Street 的 主教」) 所 有 遗产 被 拍卖。 在 拍卖 品 中 其中 有 一 件 「来自 北京 圆明园 的 瓷磚」。 （一八七一 年 六月 十日， 早报, 第五页。)
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0170 At the London International Exhibition of 1874 appeared ‘a fine piece of Imperial yellow China from the Summer Palace, Pekin... ’ (23 May 1874, The Graphic, p. 10.) 26 February 2016.
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0173 In 1874 the Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution mounted an exhibition of art and ‘curiosities’ in the Corn Exchange. One reviewer wrote: ‘The display of china is superb ... There are two fine porcelain vases, six of the Imperial dragon plates, and a splendid dragon china bowls [sic], the spoil of the summer palace at Pekin.’ (7 November 1874, Alnwick Mercury, p. 4.) 26 February 2016.
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0177 In 1877 W. J. Peirce offered for sale the contents of Raunds Vicarage, Northampton: property of the late Rev. Charles Porter. Included among the lots was a ‘Pekin summer palace vase, beautifully painted’. (18 August 1877, Northampton Mercury, p. 4.) 26 February 2016.
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0179 When in 1878 a bazaar was held at Berry Pomeroy Castle to raise funds for a church nearby, Rear-Admiral Wilmot contributed, among other ‘curiosities’, ‘a large vase from the summer palace at Pekin... ’ (20 June 1878, Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams, p. 2.) 26 February 2016.
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0038 An exhibition of A.W. Franks’ Collection of Oriental Pottery and Porcelain at the Bethnal Green Branch Museum in 1878 included:
‘TWO FIGURES OF MONSTERS, one a kylin the other a phoenix. Chinese pottery, covered with a green glaze. Said to have been crest ornaments of the roof of a pavilion in the Imperial Summer Palace near Pekin. H. 8 and 9. 459b.’
The pieces are in the British Museum today (inv. no. Franks.459.b.) Also on view were:
‘TWO HEADS FROM STATUES, probably of the goddess Kwan-yin. Pale Chinese pottery, covered with a deep yellow glaze, with turquoise ornaments. They have crowns or caps with figures in low relief, surmounted by blue knobs; projecting from the bottom of each is a cylindrical plug to fit them on the statues. These heads formed portions of figures in the Wan Shou Shan, or pleasure-grounds attached to the Yuen Ming Yuen, the imperial summer palace near Pekin. H. 7 1/2 459a.’ (A.W. Franks, Catalogue of a Collection of Oriental Porcelain and Pottery Lent for Exhibition, 2nd Edition, London, 1878, p. 64.)
The Wanshoushan is a hill situated in the Yiheyuan, a garden adjacent to the Yuanmingyuan. There the Qianlong emperor erected a group of buildings, including what is known today as the Zhihuihai, or Hall of the Sea of Wisdom, its facade decorated with numerous buddha figures set in niches, which match the British Museum pieces. Though the building escaped the 1860 fire, many statuettes were destroyed or removed by soldiers. A photo of the building was taken by Felice Beato during the 1860 campaign and reproduced as the frontispiece for the Rev. Robert McGhee’s memoir of the campaign (McGhee, R.J.L., 1862. How we got to Pekin. A narrative of the campaign in China of 1860, London: Richard Bentley, frontispiece. available at www.archive.org)
These heads are in the British Museum today (inv. no. Franks.459.a). One more head of this type is also in the museum, inserted in a figure identified as the Buddha Śākyamuni, which is sitting in the double lotus position, wearing light drapery with pearl strings and clasping a bottle of ambrosia (inv. no. Franks.1614). This was also donated by Franks. Another head was in the Surrey Infantry Museum, but the museum was destroyed by fire 29 April 2015. The writer is now trying to determine the status of the object. © Kate Hill, Yuanmingyuan Artefact Index, 2016
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0136 Coverage of a “SALE OF RARE CHINA” at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods in 1890, noted the following sale: “A vase, painted with flowers on pink engraved ground, from the Summer Palace at Pekin, about 15 inches high, 126l.–Warriner.” (10 July 1890, London Daily News, p. 6.) 14 January 2016
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0137 Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods advertised for sale on 23 July 1890:
A PORTION of the choice and Valuable COLLECTION of OLD CHINESE PORCELAIN of Charles T. Jacoby, Esq., of Lye Grove, Chipping Sodbury, comprising many pieces of great rarity and importance, including a pair of matchless Hawthorn pattern vases and covers of Old Nankin porcelain, a beatiful enamelled famille verte vase, a fine enamelled beaker with black ground, an engraved beaker of the rare crushed strawberry colour, and several other pieces from the Summer Palace at Pekin, beautiful enamelled egg shell dishes and plates with ruby backs, a remarkably fine collection of splashed and whole-coloured porcelain , &c. (14 July 1890, Morning Post, p. 12.)
The Pall Mall Gazette covered the sale exhibition a few days later:
The amateur will feel as much curiosity about the beaker of rare crushed, strawberry colour which is sold to-day at Christie’s as Rosamund did in Miss Edgeworth’s story of “The Purple Jar;” and to the purchaser it may be as severe a lesson in political economy also. The beaker is fresh in colour, it stands about a foot high, and it is plainly mounted in metal gilt. The decoration of the pot consists of incised quaint designs, arabesque in character. Since the sale of the renowned Morgan peach-bloom jar no such rare piece has come under the hammer. Next in value are a pair of very fine old Nankin jars of hawthorn pattern. Their glaze is as smooth as the surface of a polished agate, and their colour as rich and of as transparent a blue as the Lake of Geneva. In the same collection also will be found other fine specimens of ceramics, several being from the Summer Palace at Pekin. (23 July 1890, Pall Mall Gazette, p. 3.) 14 January 2016
中文:
1890 年，克里斯蒂 拍卖 了 Charles T. Jacoby 的 旧 中国瓷器 收藏品 Jacoby 住在 Lye Grove, Chipping Sodbury。 他的 收藏品 包括 一个 带 有 雕刻 图案 和 名贵 铜红釉＊的 酒器 还有 另外 几 件 来自 北京 圆明园 的 艺术品。 (一八九零年 七月 十四日, Morning Post, 第十二页。)
＊ 孩 儿 脸 釉
几天之后， Pall Mall Gazette 报纸 提到了 这个 酒器 ：民间 收 藏 者 对 克里斯蒂 拍卖 的 名贵 铜 红 釉 酒器 的 好 奇 心 像 Rosamund 对 Edgeworth 小姐 的“紫色 瓶盂”故事 的 好 奇 心 一样 并且 买 家 可 能 会 因 价 格 太 高 感 到 经 济 困 难 这个 酒器 颜色 鲜艳 。它 大约 一 英尺 高, 被 简 单 地 安 在 镀金 配件上。 陶瓷容器 装 饰 由 古 雅 的 雕 花 组成 自 著名的 摩根 桃花 罐 被 拍卖 后 再 也 没 有 如此难 得的 艺术品 被 拍卖 了 这个 展览 还 有 其 他 的 精致 瓷砖 样品。 其 中 几 件 好几 来自 北京 圆明园。 一 八九零 年 七月 二 十三, 波迈 小 报, 第 三 页* 原来 的 词是指 的是 「beaker」 十九世纪 使用 的 广口酒 器。(一八九零年 七月 二十三日, Pall Mall Gazette, 第三页。)
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0218 A newspaper review of an auction at Christie, Manson, and Woods in 1890 notes: ‘A vase, painted with flowers on a pink engraved ground, from the Summer Palace at Pekin, about 15 inches high,’ which was sold for 126l.—Warriner’. (10 July 1890, London Daily News, p. 6.) 26 February 2016.
0218 1890 年 London Daily News 报纸 报导 了 克里斯蒂 的 拍卖. 这个 文章 提 到 了：“ 一 个 来自 北京 圆明园 的 花瓶
在 粉红 雕刻 釉 上 绘 有 花 朵 大约 十 五 英寸 高， 以 一 百 二 十 六 英镑 被 拍卖 了.—Warriner”. (London Daily News, 1890 年 7 月 10日 篇6页.)
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0219 When Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods brought the Charles T. Jacoby collection of ‘Old Chinese Porcelain’ to auction in 1890, they advertised among other lots ‘an engraved beaker of the rare crushed strawberry colour, and several other pieces from the Summer Palace at Pekin... ’ (14 July 1890, Morning Post, p. 12.)
The Pall Mall Gazette wrote:
‘The amateur will feel as much curiosity about the beaker of rare crushed, strawberry colour which is sold to-day at Christie’s as Rosamund did in Miss Edgeworth’s story of “The Purple Jar;” and to the purchaser it may be as severe a lesson in political economy also. The beaker is fresh in colour, it stands about a foot high, and it is plainly mounted in metal gilt. The decoration of the pot consists of incised quaint designs, arabesque in character. Since the sale of the renowned Morgan peach-bloom jar no such rare piece has come under the hammer. Next in value are a pair of very fine old Nankin jars of hawthorn pattern. Their glaze is as smooth as the surface of a polished agate, and their colour as rich and of as transparent a blue as the Lake of Geneva. In the same collection also will be found other fine specimens of ceramics, several being from the Summer Palace at Pekin. (23 July 1890, Pall Mall Gazette, p. 3.) 26 February 2016.
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0222 In 1890 the following newspaper advertisement appeared: ‘AN OLD PAIR of Chinese vases from the loot of the China war, taken from the Summer Palace at Pekin, 1860. The only pair known of the kind. Supposed to be 700 to 800 years old. On view free daily at Messrs McMahon and Co., Commercial Sale Rooms, 117 Mostyn street, Llandudno.’ (16 August 1890, North Wales Chronicle, p. 6.) 26 February 2016.
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0226 When Commander Yarborough F.H. Parker, R.N., married Miss Mary Blakiston Hebbert, daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. W.G. Hebbert, Bombay Engineers, an item from the Yuanmingyuan was listed among the wedding gifts: ‘Miss Drummond: China bowl (from Summer Palace, Pekin)’ (7 August 1891, Kent & Sussex Courier, p. 8.) 26 February 2016.
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0229 In the autumn of 1891 the following advertisement appeared in a London newspaper:
‘RARE ORIENTAL CHINA.—The Widow of a distinguished General has several important Specimens of Oriental China, mostly taken at the loot of the Summer Palace. She is anxious to DISPOSE OF the same, and begs connoisseurs and collectors to call at Mr. Ichenhauser’s Gallery, 68, New Bond-Street, where the china is on view.’ (24 October 1891, Morning Post, p. 8.) 26 February 2016.
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0234 At the Old Trafford Conservative Club, Manchester, an exhibition took place in 1893, which included: ‘a Chinese teapot, chopsticks, and a pair of shoes (seized during the sacking of the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China in 1860).’ (‘Interesting Exhibition at the Old Trafford Conservative Club’, Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 18 January 1893, p. 8.) [also listed under textiles and wood.] 26 February 2016.
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0240 On 12 July 1894, Christie, Manson, and Woods held a sale of property from the collection of Mr. W.J. Goode, Hampstead. Among the collection were:
‘a flat-shaped white jade vase and cover, carved with Ho-Ho birds, dragons, &c., in low relief, from the Summer Palace, 96gs; a vase of white jade, formed as a large magnolia flower, with foliage and a quail in relief, from the Summer Palace, 140gs.; a bowl, of rare mottled green jade, with four handles carved as butterflies, the inside carved with a circular emblem, from the Summer Palace, £273 ... a two-handled old Chinese porcelain pear-shaped case, enamelled with arabesque flowers in colours on imperial yellow ground, from the Summer Palace, 105gs.; a rare old Chinese porcelain vase, enamelled with butterflies, foliage, and colours on red trellis ground, from the Summer Palace, 215gs. (‘Art Sale’, 13 July 1894, Morning Post, p. 7.) [also listed under jade.] 26 February 2016.
中文:
1894 年 7月 12日 克里斯蒂 拍卖了住在 Hampstead 的 W. J. Goode 先生 的 资产。 其中 收藏品 有：「一 个 来自 圆明园 的 扁 圆 形 白玉 花瓶 和 盖， 浅浮 雕 上 刻 有 凤凰，龙，诸如此类，价值 九 十 六 几尼. 浅浮 雕 上 刻 有 凤凰，龙，诸如此类，价值 九 十 六 几尼. 一 个 来自 圆明园 的 白 玉 花瓶， 浅 浮雕 上 刻 有 大 玉 兰 花， 叶子 和 鹌鹑 价值 一 百四 十 几尼。 一 个 来自 圆明园 的 名贵 斑驳 翡 翠 碗， 浅浮雕 上刻 有 大 玉 兰 花 叶子 和 鹌鹑 有 四 个 雕刻 有 蝴蝶 的 把 手 ， 里面 雕 刻 有 团 寿 字 纹 ， 价值 二百七十三 英镑 。一 个 来自 圆明园 的 古 中国 皇家 梨形 黄 地 花瓶， 带有 两个 把手 ，釉 上 绘有彩 色 花 卉 价 值 一百 零 五 几尼。 一 个 来自 圆明园 的 名贵 古 中国 瓷器 花瓶, 彩釉 上绘 有 蝴蝶、叶子和 倍数 个 颜色 上 红 棚架格子 地 ， 价值 两 百 一 十 五 几尼。」(一八九四年 七月十三，晨报，第七页。）
张小蕾和凯特 · 希尔（Kate Hill）
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0243 In the summer of 1894 Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods offered for auction ‘A Choice COLLECTION of CHINESE CARVINGS in jade and rock crystal, and a few specimens of rare Chinese enamelled porcelain, many of which were obtained from the Summer Palace at Pekin, the property of W. Walkinshaw, Esq.’ (2 July 1894, Morning Post, p. 10.) 26 February 2016.
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0127 In 2008, the writer viewed at the Surrey Infantry Museum a cylindrical vase fragment, which shows the eight daoist immortals floating on waves. This unique fragment once formed the core of an imperial revolving vase. The plaque read: “Part of a china vase taken at Pekin, 1860. Donated to the officers of the 2nd Queen’s Royal Regiment by their Colonel Thomas Addison CB.” Sadly, a fire occurred at the site on 29 April 2015 and the Surrey Infantry Museum was destroyed. The author is trying to determine the status of the object now.
See: K. Hill, ‘Chinese Ceramics in UK Military Museums,’ Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, no. 20, May 2012.
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0128 At the Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum are three famille rose censers of ding shape. These were reportedly taken from the Summer Palace in 1860. They are comparable to a ceramic ding vessel in the Phildelphia Museum of Art (inv. no. 1882-1330).
See: K. Hill, ‘Chinese Ceramics in UK Military Museums,’ Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, no. 20, May 2012.
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0064 A rococo stoneware architectural ornament with turquoise glaze is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv.no. C.382-1912.) (See S. Pierson, Chinese Ceramics. London: V&A Publishing, 2009. pp. 38–39, no. 49; R. Liefkes and H. Young (eds.) Masterpieces of World Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publishing, 2008. pp. 98–99; and A. Jackson and A. Jaffer (eds.) Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800, London: V&A Publishing, 2004, p. 143, no. 26.4.)
View online at: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109046/architectural-fitting/
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