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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED BUTTERFLIES’ The ‘Hundred butterflies’ design is closely associated with a unique
JARDINIÈRES group of yellow-ground wares produced as a special commission for
Tongzhi the Imperial Court during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor. A drawing
Each of ‘bat’ form, with deep sides raised on six ruyi-head bracket from the Qing Court Collection shows a similarly-painted bowl, with
feet decorated with yellow enamel, the everted lipped rim enamelled in notes listing the forms and quantities to be produced in this design;
lime-green with a continuous lotus scroll, the body brightly enamelled see Guanyang Yuci: Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai zhici guanyang
with numerous butterflies in flight, the base pieced with two apertures. yu yuyao ciqi, Beijing, 2007, p.120, no.22. See also a smaller
Each 52cm (20 1/2in) wide. (2). rectangular jardinière with a similar design but with a yellow ground,
Tongzhi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Ibid., Beijing,
£15,000 - 20,000 2007, p.91, no.14.
CNY130,000 - 180,000
Compare with a related jardinière of similar form and decoration, but
清同治 粉彩百蝶紋棱口大花盆一對 with a yellow ground, Tongzhi, which was sold at Bonhams London,
11 November 2010, lot 336.

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