Author: --

Size: H15.5cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty

Estimate: 1,000,000 -1,500,000

Final Price: --

The item is held under the bonded status, The default place of collection is Hong Kong, China. Please check the NOTICE ON AUCTION OF BONDED LOTS in this catalogue for details.

Robert Charles Bruce (1898-1953), who ran a business on the London Stock Exchange, developed his interest in collecting after inheriting the Imperial ceramics and cloisonné enamels collected by his great uncle Sir Frederick Wright-Bruce, British
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China (1859-1865). He loaned more than a dozen items to the Royal Academy Exhibition in London 1935-1936.During the First World War he served with the Grenadier Guards and won a Military Cross for outstanding service.