216 - [COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT STEEDMAN AND MARTHA HAMILTON] GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

[COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT STEEDMAN AND MARTHA HAMILTON] GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 魚款 青花加彩荷塘清趣圖、乾隆款 粉彩人物紋、粉彩蛐蛐紋、粉彩龍鳳紋 包金屬口及足 及 青花花卉紋鼻煙壺 四木座 （共五件）comprising: one underglaze blue with famille rose ‘lotus pond’ slender bottle, the base painted with a leaping carp motif mark, red stopper; one famille rose ‘figural’ bottle of compressed globular form, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue, green stopper; one famille rose ‘cricket’ bottle of compressed globular form, pale red stopper; one famille rose ‘dragon and peony’ bottle, mouth and foot with gilt-metal mounts, similar stopper; and one blue and white ‘floral’ bottle in double-gourd form, with four wooden stands (5) largest: 10cm high without stopper From the collection of the late Robert Steedman OBE (1929-2026), and Martha Hamilton OBE (1929-2015), thence by direct descent. Robert Steedman was a renowned Scottish architect. He was the only son of Helen Hope Brazier (1899-1999), born in Beijing in 1899, who retained a lifelong interest in Asian art. The collection also includes items inherited from Mr Steedman's second wife, Martha Hamilton OBE, who spent many years in Sikkim as a missionary and teacher.已故羅伯特・斯蒂德曼（獲頒大英帝國官佐勳章，1929–2026）及瑪莎・漢密爾頓（獲頒大英帝國官佐勳章，1929–2015）舊藏，後家族遞藏。羅伯特・斯蒂德曼為著名蘇格蘭建築師，乃海倫・霍普・布雷澤（Helen Hope Brazier，1899–1999）之獨子。海倫於1899年生於北京，終其一生熱愛亞洲藝術。此批藏品亦包括承自斯蒂德曼第二任妻子瑪莎・漢密爾頓（1929–2015）之收藏。漢密爾頓曾多年於錫金擔任傳教士及教師。