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SOWING THE SEEDS OF

LONGEVITY:

IMP ERIAL ‘BI RTHDAY’ JARDI NI ERE S
O F T H E L A T E K A N G X I P E R I O D

㡽穡⢕㐼놽䕙➲㥏牝㡽㕬Ⱄ倰蔅渝

The present jardinière represents the pinnacle of doucai porcelain in the 劥ㅷ蔅渝蒀䕙僈❮慮帝湱㹆䨾粭嵳嵠꫙
Kangxi period. The colors are clear and crisp, applied in a harmonious 桊➲㥏吲吲㥶欰殹㿂䐁擳놽䕙荛棇⛓ㅷ渝
balance of soft and vibrant tones, imbuing the coursing waves, mythical 魨粭➲㥏牝㡽㕬瘘岁㕩擿곏爚劥ㅷ醢倴幢➿
beasts, and immortal maidens with dynamism and vivacity. The boldness 櫙㐼䊨谁䧭擿儘劍亙㾅䘋➋鶤姽겳蔅渝㢵
of the enamels and scale of the vessel mark a departure from delicate, 粭僈劣幢ⴲ麥㹻⚺겗秙귇搭殥䊨⵱Ⱘ幢➿⼧
restrained doucai porcelains of the Ming dynasty. The brushwork, Ⱄ⚆私暶䗚粭䊨稣篊秙귇礶䗏겗勞㢵《荈
too, places the jardinière in a mature phase of Qing dynasty porcelain 晝殥⿻殥陗瘞倰耂⿻㾅䘋➋շ⚥螠槕㼂ո㣐
production. As James Watt observed, jardinières of this type adopt 鿪剚谁遯⽈暟긭秣秉갤506亙卌噠䓽灇
Transitional Period Daoist subject matter, yet they have " ner brushwork, 瑖涮植䐁擳䎃妵⚥չ幢պ㶶չ剢պⰉ⡲♧鞫⛓㻨
a higher level of detail, and pictorial elements borrowed from woodblock- 岁䥰㨥倴1713荛1722䎃⛓꟦卌噠䓽 Lang
printed pattern books and painting manuals, all of which characterize Tingji and the Porcelain of the Late Kangxi
Qing porcelain painting in the eighteenth century (Wen C. Fong and Period շTransactions of the Oriental Ceramic
James C. Y. Watt, Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Societyո⽷682003-2004䎃갤44劥ㅷ蔅
Palace Museum, Taipei, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, p. 渝妵陏⽰⟃姽岁剅㻨邍爚Ⱖ醢⡲䎃⟨䥰㿂䐁
506). According to Peter Y. K. Lam, the style of the reign marks on the 擳䖕劍
jardinière also point to a date late in the Kangxi emperor’s reign. His
research indicates that between 1713 and 1722, artisans began writing
‘Qing’ with a vertical interior stroke in the ‘moon’ radical (Peter Y. K. Lam,
‘Lang Tingji and the Porcelain of the Late Kangxi Period’, Transactions of
the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 68, 2003-2004, p. 44). This is precisely
the style of reign mark that occurs on the present jardinière and others
of its type.

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