A Chinese Clair-de-Lune vase, Guangxu or Republican, with Qianlong six character seal mark, covered overall and in the interior with a glaze of even pale-blue tone stopping neatly above the foot, the rim glazed in brown, the base with underglaze blue six-character Qianlong seal mark, the base with paper labels for the J. F Woodthorpe Collection and the Holtwood Collection, 27cm high Provenance: Collected by the current owner's father in the 1960's or early 1970's. J. F Woodthorpe (1897-1966), sold a major part of his collection at Sotheby's in 1954 and then at subsequent sales in 1956, 1958 and 1961. He was also a client of Bluetts between 1948 and 1960. John Frederick Woodthorpe (1897-1966), was a Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division, and an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. 晚清-民国 "大清乾隆年制"天蓝釉荸荠瓶 拍品来源：现藏家的父亲于上世纪六十至七十年代所购。此瓶之前曾为英国最高法院大法官及东方陶瓷协会会员 J. F Woodthorpe(1897-1966)所藏 Condition Report: no damage cracks or repair but with a firing blemish to three areas of body where the blue glaze has not covered the white body entirely and other minor firing blemishes Condition Report Disclaimer