218 - [COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT STEEDMAN AND MARTHA HAMILTON] TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS

[COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT STEEDMAN AND MARTHA HAMILTON] TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS QIANLONG AND JIAJING MARKS, QING DYNASTY 清康熙 嘉靖款 青花穆王八駿圖斗笠碗 及 清 乾隆款 青花八仙紋碗（共兩件）comprising: one sturdily potted conical bowl, painted to the exterior with the ‘Eight horses of Muwang’, the base inscribed with a six-character apocryphal Jiajing mark within double-circle; and one thinly potted ‘Eight Immortals’ bowl, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark (2) diameters: 17.5cm and 14.2cm 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。