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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GRISAILLE- AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SATIN
DECORATED JARDINIERES AND STANDS KANG COVER
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each is of tall, slightly tapering form, and is painted on the The cover is finely embroidered in satin stitch and couched to
exterior in grisaille with sprays of chrysanthemum and leaves, depict a central shaped medallion of bats and stylised ruyi heads
reserved on an even lemon-yellow ground. Each has a three- enclosing two boxes and lilies with gold detailing surrounded by a
character Dayazhai mark in black and one iron-red oval seal, tian dense stylised lotus scrolls framed by a rectangular cartouche, with
di yi jia chun, below the everted rim which is decorated on top further lotus scrolls on the border, all backed in yellow damask.
in blue enamel with Shou characters and keyfrets. Each stand is 68 x 88 in. (176 x 220 cm.)
similarly decorated, and has a four-character iron-red mark, yong
qing chang chun, on the base. PROVENANCE
Jardinières 7 º in. (18.4 cm.) high; stands 8 º in. (21 cm.) diam.,
wood stands Frederick, 2nd Baron Hesketh (1916-1935)
Sold at Sotheby’s Easton Neston house sale, 19 May 2005, lot 1121
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000 HK$120,000-220,000 US$16,000-28,000
清光緒 黃地墨彩菊紋花盆及盆托一對 Easton Neston, Northamptonshire is an impressive and grand Baroque
礬紅「永慶長春」款 mansion designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736) for Sir William
Fermor (1648-1711), later Lord Leominster. It remained the seat of Baron
Fermor-Hesketh until 2005 when the house and its contents were sold.
The combination of lily and box conveys the wish for marital bliss, bai
nian hao he, ‘May you have one hundred years of good union’.
清十八/十九世紀
御製明黃地緞繡百年好合炕床被面
來源
英國Frederick Fermor-Hesketh男爵舊藏
蘇富比Easton Neston莊園拍賣，2005年5月19日，拍品1121號
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