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A RARE PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND GRISAILLE- 清光緒 約1876年 藍地墨彩萱花紋長方
PAINTED ‘DAYAZHAI’ ‘PLANTAIN LILY’ 水仙花盆一對
RECTANGULAR NARCISSUS TRAYS
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD, CIRCA 1876 《大雅齋》《天地一家春》
with a three-character Dayazhai mark, a five-character Tiandi 《永慶長春》款
yi jia chun oval seal mark, the base with a four-character
Yongqing changchun mark, all in iron red (2) 來源
Length 8½ in., 21.5 cm 紐約蘇富比2009年9月16日，編號235
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 16th September 2009, lot 235.
The present pair of narcissus trays is unusual for both the
lavender-blue ground and the composition, which appears
to be based on a drawing preserved in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, see Guanyang ciqi: Gugong bowuyuancang Qing dai
zhici guanyang yu yuyao ciqi [Official Designs and Imperial
Porcelain: Official Porcelain Designs and Imperial Qing
Dynasty Porcelains in the Palace Museum], Beijing, 2007,
pl. 35, where it describes the composition as consisting
of plantain lily, wildflowers and bees. The same design in
grisaille enamels on a yellow ground is found on a similar
rectangular-form jardinière also in the Levy Collection,
offered in this sale (lot 599).

$ 20,000-30,000

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A PAIR OF PURPLE-GROUND GRISAILLE- 清光緒 約1876年 紫地墨彩牡丹紋長方
PAINTED ‘DAYAZHAI’ ‘PEONY’ RECTANGULAR 水仙盆一對
NARCISSUS TRAYS
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD, CIRCA 1876 《大雅齋》《天地一家春》
each with a three-character Dayazhai mark, a five-character 《永慶長春》款
Tiandi yi jia chun oval seal mark, the base with a four-
character Yongqing changchun mark, all in iron red (2) 來源
Length 8⅝ in., 22 cm Ronald W. Longsdorf 收藏

PROVENANCE
Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf.

$ 20,000-30,000

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