Live Auction 21607The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4 | Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, Day Sale
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE BEAKER VASES
Lot 507

A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE BEAKER VASES

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Closed23 October 2022

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A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE BEAKER VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each enameled with three pheasants eyeing a butterfly perched on a rocky outcrop among flowering peony and prunus branches, all below a border alternating cartouches of peony and lotus against a scrolling vine ground, the rims with cell-pattern borders with panels of chrysanthemum and peony
19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) high

Alfred Morrison, London (1821-1897), to his son;
Hugh Morrison, London (1868-1931).
Acquired from John Sparks, London by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1979.

Specialist note

Alfred Morrison was a wealthy English collector and important patron of decorative arts. Alfred's father was the textile merchant and investment banker James Morrison, MP (1789-1857). Alfred inherited from his father both his fortune and a honed sense of the aesthetic and thus devoted his substantial inheritance to amassing an encyclopedic collection of paintings, autographs and rare objects, notably Chinese ceramics, at his Fonthill Estate, Wiltshire, and London home, 16 Carlton House Terrace.