A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED EWER AND... Lot n° 377

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED EWER AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) Painted on one side with a lady cradling a baby and the other side with a lady watering a plant, with attendants to either side and under a plantain tree, with inventory label to base 'X 189' 27.5cm high Provenance:Purchased by Howard and Ada Palmer (parents of Reginald Howard Reed Palmer). It appears in the Heathlands Ledger, p. 24 (purchased before 1909 for £2-2s-6d) and described as An Oriental Ewer (Old Chinese). It was left to RHRP by Ada Palmer in 1953. It is described in Ada's probate valuation by Simmons of Basingstoke (line 32) as: 'A Chinese porcelain blue and white wine vessel and cover, 10½ in.' The number (X) 189 was assigned to it in the Christie's valuation of 1970. It was accepted by HMRC as being of pre-eminent quality and outstanding national importance in 1981. 清康熙 青花仕女圖執壺拍品來源：英國帕瑪家族顯赫私人收藏，由Howard Palmer和Ada Palmer（RHR Palmer的父母）以2英鎊2先令6便士的價格於1909年前购买