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A Famille-Rose 'Flower and Butterfly' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

thinly potted with angled sides rising from a straight foot to a flared rim, delicately painted on the exterior in pastel enamels with a pink blossomed stem extending out towards a butterfly, the interior with two scattered orchids, six-character mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot vendu: 40,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th October 1992, lot 135.

NOTE: A larger Yongzheng-marked bowl of this type in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 218, pl. 47.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

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A Famille-Rose 'Mantouxin' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period

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A Famille-Rose 'Mantouxin' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

of shallow form, decorated on the underside with detached sprays of peony, coxcomb and chrysanthemum, the interior with two orchids on the raised center encircled by sprays of peony and mallow, six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Diameter 4 1/4 in., 10.7 cm. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot vendu: 13,750 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th May 1983, lot 572.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

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A pair of Famille-Rose 'Deer' winecups, Yongzheng marks and period

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A pair of Famille-Rose 'Deer' winecups, Yongzheng marks and period. Photo Sotheby's

each thinly potted, enameled on the exterior with two deer, one with recumbent white-spotted brown deer and yellow deer, the other with standing white-spotted brown deer and recumbent aubergine deer, with scattered sprigs of lingzhi and ruby-colored bats above, each with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2). Diameter 2 3/8 in., 6.2 cm. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000. Unsold

PROVENANCE: Christie's Swire Hong Kong, 1st-3rd May 1994, lot 671.

NOTE: One other pair with identical decoration and size was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 14th November 1989, lot 297.
Another pair, with similar decoration of two deer, but not identical was also sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th October 1991, lot 248.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

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Jakob Beckhausen, German (Danzig), active 1678-1705, Tankard: Annunciation to the Shepherds, Nativity, and Adoration of the Magi

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Jakob Beckhausen, German (Danzig), active 1678-1705, Tankard: Annunciation to the Shepherds, Nativity, and Adoration of the Magi, late 1600s. Silver, partly gilded, 21 cm high, 19.5 cm diameter. Accession Number: M21w3. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum © 2013 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Marks of Danzig and the maker

In the seventeenth century, important works in silver were produced throughout Germany and the surrounding region, testifying to local wealth and the taste for precious objects. In the Hanseatic cities around the Baltic Sea, large covered tankards were a favorite form of silver for civic institutions. The scenes from Christ’s infancy are derived from Flemish or German pictorial works.

Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 127.

Ostrich, German, 17th century

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Ostrich, German, 17th century. Silver with incorporated ostrich eggshell, 45.5 cm. Accession Number: M21w7. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum © 2013 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

A pair of Ming-style copper-red 'Three Fish' stemcups Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

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A pair of Ming-style copper-red 'Three Fish' stemcups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's

each with rounded bowl rising to an everted rim, supported on a tall solid splayed foot with a flat unglazed base, the exterior in copper-red with the silhouettes of three evenly spaced fish, each inscribed on the interior with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, wood stands (4). Height 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm. Estimation 12,000 — 15,000. Lot vendu: 37,500 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd-4th May 1994, lot 187

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

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A copper-red 'Three Fish' stembowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period

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A copper-red 'Three Fish' stembowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period. Photo Sotheby's

with a flared bowl resting on a tall splayed foot, painted in copper-red to the exterior with the silhouettes of three evenly spaced fish, the interior plain, the mark ground out of the footrim. Diameter 6 3/16 in., 15.7 cm. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot vendu: 16,250 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, 7th December 1983, lot 375

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

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Harry Winston one-of-a-kind Paraiba tourmaline diamond drop necklace. Photo courtesy Harry Winston

Harry Winston one-of-a-kind cabochon Paraiba tourmaline and diamond ring. Photo courtesy Harry Winston

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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Felipe Manuel, Prince of Savoya (1586-1605), circa 1604

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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Felipe Manuel, Prince of Savoya (1586-1605), circa 1604, oil on canvas. Height: 111.5 cm (43.9 in). Width: 89.5 cm (35.2 in). Bilbao Fine Arts museum.

Son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (daughter of Philip II). The artist represents the prince as the heir to the throne in Savoya wearing an armor of Lombard origin and the necklace of the Annunziata Order, the highest order of the Kingdom of Savoya.

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Diego de Villamayor, 1605

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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Diego de Villamayor, 1605, oil on canvas. Height: 89 cm (35 in). Width: 71 cm (28 in). Hermitage museum, Saint Petersburg.

Corrado Giuspino pearl, black onyx, jade and diamond bracelet

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Corrado Giuspino pearl, black onyx, jade and diamond bracelet, with a removable central motif. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

The removable central motif in Corrado Giuspino's pearl bracelet can be worn as a black onyx, jade and diamond pendant. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino pearl, chalcedony, tanzanite and diamond bracelet

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Corrado Giuspino pearl, chalcedony, tanzanite and diamond bracelet, with a removable central motif. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

The central motif can be worn as a chalcedony, tanzanite and diamond brooch. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino. Tahitian pearl and diamond earrings in black gold & Tahitian pearl ring, set in black gold

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Corrado Giuspino Tahitian pearl and diamond earrings in black gold. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino Tahitian pearl ring, set in black gold. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino red topaz and black onyx rings & burnished silver and gold ring, set with a prasiolite

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Corrado Giuspino red topaz and black onyx rings. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino burnished silver and gold ring, set with a prasiolite. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino. Black gold earrings, with jade and aquamarine & jade and diamond earrings

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Corrado Giuspino black gold earrings, with jade and aquamarine. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

Corrado Giuspino jade and diamond earrings. Photo courtesy Corrado Giuspino

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A 'Langyao' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

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A 'Langyao' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's

the pear-shaped body tapering into a tall slender neck, covered overall with a crushed deep-strawberry-crackled glaze, thinning at the mouth rim and pooling at the foot. Height 9 1/8 in., 23.2 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000. Lot vendu: 17,500 USD

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

PROVENANCE: Property of the Estate of Dr. Ip Yee, Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th November 1984, lot 214.

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A yellow-glazed bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and period

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A yellow-glazed bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared lipped rim, covered overall with a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze darkening to an amber tone at the foot, seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.5 cm. Estimation 7,000 — 9,000. Lot vendu: 20,000 USD

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PROVENANCE: Christie's Hong Kong, 31st March 1992, lot 744.

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An incised yellow and green enameled bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and period

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An incised yellow and green enameled bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides raised on a straight foot, decorated around the sides in green enamels with birds in flight between fruiting peach trees springing from rockwork, all against a yellow ground extending into the interior, the countersunk base with a seal mark in aubergine. Diameter 4 7/8 in., 12.3 cm. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000. Lot vendu: 17,500 USD

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PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 585.

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A yellow ground 'Bats' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period

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A yellow ground 'Bats' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

of steeply rounded form supported on a slightly splayed foot, incised around the exterior with twelve iron-red bats in flight, each holding a pale green double-gourd suspended from a blue ribbon in its mouth, on a ground of swirling green clouds with incised detailing, between interlinked ruyi-heads around the rim and a band of upright lotus petals around the foot, all against a bright yellow ground extending into the interior, six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Diameter 5 7/8 in., 14.9 cm. Estimation 50,000 — 70,000. Lot vendu: 92,500 USD

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1983, lot 268.

NOTE: A Yongzheng bowl of this design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 238, pl. 67; another from the ConstantinidiCollection is included in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. LXIX, fig. 3. Another bowl with the same design and size from the Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund was sold in our London rooms, 16thMay 1989, lot 78, and another in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th April 2004, lot 231.

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Nardi

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The Tree of Life was created in 1947 by Giulio Nardi for his wife Giuseppina. Originally made in platinum, it was a unique piece until it was recreated in the 1970s. Photo courtesy Nardi

Nardi's St Mark's Square gold lion cufflinks are a clear reference to the magnificent statues found in the main landmark of Venice. Photo courtesy Nardi

Typical of Nardi's work is this trio of Tulip rings, which echo the richness of the colours of the tapestries of Venice as well as the exotic shapes of its architecture. Photo courtesy Nardi

Nardi's Pagoda ring in pink gold with emeralds, pink sapphires and diamonds, which evokes a jester's hat and the picaresque fun of Carnival. Photo courtesy Nardi

Abyss brooch in white gold with moonstones, a central aquamarine and diamonds, which shows the creativity of this Venetian jeweller. Photo courtesy Nardi

A Gondola brooch in white gold with a carved amethyst hull, tsavorites garnets adorning the green lantern and trimmed with diamond by Nardi. Photo courtesy Nardi.

Nardi's Rialto ring in gold with rubies and fancy coloured diamonds. A very precious way to remember a visit to Venice. Photo courtesy Nardi

The Paola Moretto brooch that was first made in the 1940s and later named in honour of Queen Paolo of Belgium. Historically, the faces of 'moretti' were carved from tortoiseshell and, later, ebony and set with precious stones. Photo courtesy Nardi

The View of Venice Moretto, created in the early 1970s. The hinged torso opens to reveal a miniature cityscape of Venice. Other 'moretti' are named after their owners, such as the Elizabeth Taylor or the Princess Grace. Photo courtesy Nardi

The View of Venice Moretto opens to reveal a secret rendering of the city's architecture. Due to the intricacy of the work, no more than four are made each year. Photo courtesy Nardi