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JARDINIERE

Kangxi Marks and Period ҳ⎽
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of square section with canted corners, the
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sides sweeping upward from a waisted foot to
a ! at everted rim, the exterior painted in rich
enamels outlined in softly colored underglaze ᆂ㻪
blue, the continuous composition dominated շ䫵〢輑➛ : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳櫙㐼㾝ո豤㺢嫲
by the roiling Eastern Sea punctuated by 秣秉2014䎃管贫25
vertiginous peaks of the Islands of Immortality,
one side with the Queen Mother of the West
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tranquilly traversing the crested waves on Michel Beurdeley ⿻ Guy RaindreշQing
the back of a white elephant, a crane ! ying Porcelain Famille Rose Famille Verteո
towards her with a scroll and a female ⧍侚1987䎃㕬62
attendant following closely astride a qilin,
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the other sides with additional attendants շ俒ꅷ⼾搭 : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳渿⚆櫙ո䋒ス
journeying on qilin, heavenly horses, petals, 饟2017䎃㕬晝14
and leaves bearing auspicious gifts for
the goddess, the foot molded with foliate
cartouches enclosing scrolling lotus, pendent
lea" ng pomegranate dangling between each
cartouche, the top of the broad rim with
stylized shou characters and prunus blossoms
against a ! oral brocade ground, the underside
of the rim with two horizontal six-character
marks in underglaze blue, the lower interior
and base unglazed, the base centered with a
large circular aperture, coll. no. 1572.
Width 20⅛ in., 51.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Milan Private Collection.
Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 282.
EXHIBITED
Embracing Classic Chinese Culture: Kangxi
Porcelains from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Sotheby’s, New York, 2014, cat. no. 25.

LITERATURE
Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing
Porcelain: Famille Rose, Famille Verte, London,
1987, " g. 62.
Je# rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin
Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese
Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Bruges, 2017, pl. 14.
$ 350,000-500,000

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