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AN OCTAGONAL GUAN-TYPE The unusual form, with deep lobed sides and ৻ඤ ͷ֜ཊໟڀόڀޯ
JARDINIERE everted rim, is known decorated in various ৻ඤϋႡಛ
techniques; see a doucai example, decorated
QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
with & owering scrolls, sold in our London rooms,
the gently lobed body raised on four short 1st-2nd April 1974, lot 325, and twice in our Hong
tapered feet, rising to an everted conforming Kong rooms, 26th November 1980, lot 383, and
foliate rim, the center of the interior pierced with 8th October 2013, lot 3015; and a pink-ground
a draining hole, applied overall with an lustruous famille-rose enameled jardinière, in the Nanjing
gray-green glaze su! used with crackle, with base Museum, Nanjing, illustrated in Treasures In The
with a four-character mark Royalty. The O! cial Kiln Porcelain of The Chinese
Width 7½ in., 19 cm Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 249.
Su! used with an attractive matrix of dark Compare related Song-inspired glazed jardinières
crackles and a luminous, bluish-grey glaze that of various forms, such as a Ru-type example
complement the gentle lobed form, this jardinière with steep, rounded sides and everted rim, sold
embodies the Qianlong emperor’s (r.1736-1795) in our London rooms, 5th July 1977, lot 277; and
keen interest in celebrated wares of the Song a pair of Guan-type jardinières of rectangular
dynasty (960-1279). The subtle glaze has been form and bearing a six-character Qianlong reign
rendered in imitation of Southern Song dynasty mark in underglaze blue, from the Zande Lou
guan ware, which was made for the court in the Collection, included in the exhibition Qing Imperial
capital Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. Under Monochromes. The Zande Lou Collection, Art
his reign, such glazes were created to cover Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
a range of carefully selected forms that were Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 37.
either directly inspired by antiquity or new to the
potters’ repertoire, such as the present jardinière. $ 60,000-80,000
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