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Lot Essay
George Warre was born in Oporto on 19 April 1876, and was the third generation of the famous port-producing Warre family to have been born in Portugal. It was probably Captain Annesley Tyndale of Hove, Sussex, a keen collector of Chinese ceramics and hardstones, who introduced George Warre to the field of Chinese art. Tyndale was a close family friend and, according to the family, adopted the Warre name.
During his lifetime, Captain A.T. Warre lent approximately thirty pieces to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art held at the Royal Academy, London in 1935-1936.
George Warre added to the collection he inherited with his wife Nora, building it to a collection of over 300 pieces. Pieces from the Warre collection are in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, The National Trust; first placed at Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, and are now at Dudmaston, Shropshire and The Art Gallery and Museum at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
The Warre Collection was amassed through purchases from highly respected London dealers such as Spink & Son, Bluetts, John Sparks, Malletts, Partridges, and Gorer.
The composition of figures clinging to the sides of bowls has been popular since at least the Song dynasty. Compare with a white jade cup flanked by two Daoist immortals in high relief standing on clouds, among female musicians carved in low relief on the sides of the bowl illustrated by Liu Yang, Translucent World, Chinese Jade From the Forbidden City, Sydney, 2007, fig. 69. James Watt, illustrates a further bowl in the Cleveland Museum of Art dated to the 13th-14th century, carved with a Daoist procession in low relief flanked by two female immortals riding on clouds in high relief forming the handles, Chinese Jades from Hang to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, fig. 131.
Two 18th century brush washers with boy handles in relief are illustrated, Jadeware III, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. 42, pls. 163 and 164. The composition on the current cup, with the additional element of a dragon makes this cup unique however, the figures are not static but turning, showing movement, the younger boy appearing to be surprised by the dragon and while studying him turns to protect his prize
During his lifetime, Captain A.T. Warre lent approximately thirty pieces to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art held at the Royal Academy, London in 1935-1936.
George Warre added to the collection he inherited with his wife Nora, building it to a collection of over 300 pieces. Pieces from the Warre collection are in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, The National Trust; first placed at Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, and are now at Dudmaston, Shropshire and The Art Gallery and Museum at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
The Warre Collection was amassed through purchases from highly respected London dealers such as Spink & Son, Bluetts, John Sparks, Malletts, Partridges, and Gorer.
The composition of figures clinging to the sides of bowls has been popular since at least the Song dynasty. Compare with a white jade cup flanked by two Daoist immortals in high relief standing on clouds, among female musicians carved in low relief on the sides of the bowl illustrated by Liu Yang, Translucent World, Chinese Jade From the Forbidden City, Sydney, 2007, fig. 69. James Watt, illustrates a further bowl in the Cleveland Museum of Art dated to the 13th-14th century, carved with a Daoist procession in low relief flanked by two female immortals riding on clouds in high relief forming the handles, Chinese Jades from Hang to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, fig. 131.
Two 18th century brush washers with boy handles in relief are illustrated, Jadeware III, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. 42, pls. 163 and 164. The composition on the current cup, with the additional element of a dragon makes this cup unique however, the figures are not static but turning, showing movement, the younger boy appearing to be surprised by the dragon and while studying him turns to protect his prize