A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'ELIZA' BOWLS 清康熙 青花仕女赏花小盘一对 Chin...

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'ELIZA' BOWLS 清康熙 青花仕女赏花小盘一对 China, Kangxi period (1654-1722) With a gently scalloped rim, the central diagonal section features a 'Long Eliza' figure seated at a table, holding a lotus, accompanied by rockwork and a leafy plantain. A lotus jardiniere rests on a nearby table beside her. The wide rim is adorned with ten alternating panels depicting flowering shrubs and additional 'Long Eliza' figures in a fenced garden. The reverse side showcases a continuous floral scroll, one with a 'yu' mark and the other one with a leaf mark, enclosed within a double circle at the base. D. 15cm Provenance: The Hancock Collection, procured by Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A. J. Patterson RN. Dr Patterson studied at Trinity College Dublin and The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and joined the British Navy in 1913 as a Surgeon Lieutenant,after seeing practice at the Adelaide and Rotunda Hospitals in Dublin (1908-12). Upon entering the navy, he was deployed to Britain’s Far Eastern fleet, where he served on gunboats patrolling the Yangtse River until August 1914, after which he joined the battleship HMS Triumph in Hong Kong. The ship was second to the Japanese fleet and assisted them in the blockade, bombardment and capture of the German colony of Qingdao in September and October 1914. Thereafter, HMS Triumph returned to Hong Kong for a refit and was sent to the Dardenelles in Turkey in 1915 where on 25th May, she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Dr Patterson was one of the survivors. Illustrated here are black and white photographic negatives taken by Dr Patterson during this period, depicting gunboats patrolling the River Yangtse, harbour scenes, and Chinese junks under sale.