FAMILLE ROSE 'IMMORTALS' BOWL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 19TH CENTURY 清 乾隆款 粉彩海屋添籌圖碗 delicately potted with steep sides rising from a short straight foot, finely painted with two female deities on a raft against tempestuous waves, the reverse with a pagoda rising from waves amidst auspicious clouds and rocky hills, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron-red (13.1cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: By descent- Private Scottish collection, Harrietfield, Kelso; previously from the family estate bought in 1847, Newton Don, Kelso. Newton Don lies in the lowland hills near Kelso, overlooking the Eden Water, a tributary of the Tweed. It owes its name to the Don family who first acquired the former manorial lands of Newton around 1648. Sir Alexander Don inherited the estate and baronetcy in 1776 and over the next forty years the family brought about significant change. The Dons sought to expand the pleasure grounds and to create a secluded, fashionable, country seat and by 1800, a visitor described the estate as a ‘remarkably pretty, cheerful place’. Between 1817 and 1820 renowned English architect Sir Robert Smirke (1781-1867) made considerable alterations to the eighteenth-century house, for which Robert Adam had prepared the original plans. Unfortunately, the transformation had strained the family coffers to such an extent that the estate was sold in 1847. Harrietfield was the farmhouse of the Newton Don estate home farm. It may have been built after the marriage of Lady Harriet Cunningham to Alexander Don in 1778, hence the name.