Small bowl of porcelain (one of a pair with 38.996). Made in China. Reign of Kangxi. Measurements: diam: 7 5/8 in; h: 3 1/2 in Provenance: R.N. Roskell collection; his sale, Sotheby’s, 5 February 1943, lot 11. purchased by
Frank Partridge & Sons for Sir William Burrell, £30 (pair, 38_995-996); by whom gifted to the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, 1944.
Published sources
Sotheby & Co., 5 February 1943, property of R.N. Roskell, lot 11.
Manuscript sources
Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd., Sale Book 12/26, stock no. 29771: ‘Sotheby’s 5 February 1943, lot 11, pair bowls woodstds.’.
Sir William Burrell, Purchase Book 1943, p.44: ‘A pair of famille verte bowls, decorated with vertical panels of birds, flowers and hai shan; the interiors with red prunus and green cracked-ice borders. Wood stands. 7 5/8in. Kanghsi. From the collection of R.N. Roskell’. |