The Anthony Lovett Collection Part II

PART II

Transitional and Early Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelains

EXHIBITIONS

November 2026
Selected highlights from the collection

Sunday 1 November 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Monday 2 November 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday 3 November 10:00am to 2:00pm

At Marchant, 120 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BH

May 2027

At Marchant, 26 Brook Street, London W1K 5DQ

AUCTION

November 2027

At Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms, Frome

UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS

  • A WUCAI ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ GU-SHAPED VASE, SHUNZHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1650

    清順治 五彩西廂記「長亭送別」圖花觚              

    54cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams Bond Street, London, “Fine Asian Art”, 8 June 2004, Lot 233.

    £25,000 - £35,000

  • AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED 'FOUR SEASONS' SQUARE VASE, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND PERIOD (1662-1722)

    清康熙 青花釉裏紅四季漁樵耕讀圖方瓶 六字楷書款

    55cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Skanes Auktionsverk, Landskrona, Sweden, 22 November 2010, Lot 627.

    £40,000 - £60,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' BRUSHPOT, CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628 – 1644)

    明崇禎 青花「左慈戲曹操」圖筆筒 

    15.3cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s South Kensington, London, “Chinese Art”, 7 November 2008, Lot 262.

    £15,000 - £25,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE ‘MAO BAO RELEASES THE TORTOISE’ SLEEVE VASE, CHONGZHEN/SHUNZHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1640 - 1650

    明崇禎/清順治 青花「毛寶放龜」圖筒瓶                

    44.1cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Sotheby’s, New York, “Important Chinese Art”, 20 March 2019, Lot No: 748.

    The Collection of Dr John Pullan (1915 - 1995).

    Spink 1998.

    £40,000 - £50,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUANG CHONGGU’ DISH, EARLY KANGXI PERIOD (1662 – 1722)

    清康熙 青花「 女狀元黃崇嘏」圖盤  

    16.5cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Sotheby’s Olympia, London, “The George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby Collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain”, 12 June 2003.

    The George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby Collection.

    £15,000 - £25,000

  • A WUCAI ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ SLEEVE VASE, SHUNZHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1645 – 1655

    清順治 五彩西廂記「紅娘請宴」圖筒瓶                  

    18cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Guest & Gray, London.

    £20,000 - £30,000

  • A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER DISH, KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1680 – 1700

    清康熙 青花喻世明言「 明悟禪師趕五戒」圖盤

    27.4cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Bonham’s Bond Street, London, “Fine Chinese Art”, 14 May 2009, Lot 32.

    £10,000 - £15,000

  • A LARGE WUCAI ‘WASHING THE ELEPHANT’ BEAKER VASE, SHUNZHI/ EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 – 1670

    清順治/康熙 五彩「洗象圖」花觚             

    51.4cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, New York, “The Hodroff Collection, Part II Chinese Export Porcelain from the Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff”, 23 January 2008, Lot No 285.

    The Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.

    £30,000 - £50,000

  • A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ BITONG, KANGXI PERIOD (1662 – 1722)

    清康熙 青花西廂記「書信報喜」圖筆筒              

    14cm high, 17.5cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Bukowski’s Auctions, Stockholm, May 2009.

    A Private Swedish Collection.

    £30,000 - £50,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE ‘MOON PALACE’ SAUCER DISH, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND PERIOD (1662-1722)

    清康熙 青花「蟾宮折桂」圖盤 六字楷書款          

    18.5cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Lyon and Turnbull, London, 15 May 2019, Lot 184.

    The Collection of Major General Sir Basil A. Hill KBE, CB, DSO, JP (1880 – 1960).

    £15,000 - £20,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ DISH, EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1665– 1675

    清康熙 青花西廂記「錦字傳情」圖盤

    16.6cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Lyon & Turnbull, London, “Fine Asian Works of Art”, 7 November 2018, Lot 145.

    A Private Edinburgh Collection.

    The George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby Collection.

    £10,000 - £15,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE GU-SHAPED VASE, CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1627 – 1644)

    明崇禎 青花人物故事圖瓶

    43cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Paris, “Art D’Asie,” 13 December 2017, Lot 31.

    The Private Collection of Eileen Lesouef

    £25,000 - £35,000

  • A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘GOLDEN THREAD POND’ DISH, SHUNZHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 – 1660

    清順治 青花「金線池」圖盤 

    33cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 9 April 2005.

    £10,000 - £15,000

  • A SMALL WUCAI ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL, SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644– 1661)

    清順治 五彩「八仙祝壽」盌

    17.6cm diameter

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s South Kensington, London, “Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles”, 11 November 2015, Lot 586.

    With C. T. Loo, 1966.

    Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990. 

    £8,000 - £12,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE GARLIC-NECK BOTTLE VASE, CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)

    明崇禎 青花「驛使寄梅」圖蒜頭瓶

    35.2cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s South Kensington, London, “The Sunday Sale – The Property of the Late Dr Henry Ginsberg”, 9th November 2008, Lot 105.

    The Collection of Dr Henry Ginsberg (1940 – 2007).

    £20,000 - £30,000

  • A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ OVOID JAR, CHONGZHEN PERIOD, CIRCA 1625 – 1635

    明崇禎 青花道教人物圖罐

    20.3cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Hong Kong,” Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art”, 30 November 2023, Lot 3030.

    The Butler Family Collection.

    £20,000 - £30,000

  • A WUCAI 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, SHUNZHI/ EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 - 1670

    清順治/康熙 五彩「 曹操大宴銅雀臺」圖蓋罐

    36.5 cm high

    Provenance: Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, “Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art”, 12 July 2006, Lot 735.

    £10,000 - £15,000