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A rare pair of large Chinese coral ground blue and white enamel painted octagonal lobed...
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Description
A rare pair of large Chinese coral ground blue and white enamel painted octagonal lobed jardinières,
Shendetang Zhi marks, Daoguang period,
Each finely painted to the exterior with alternating panels of lotus blooms issuing leafy scrolls and a bat in flight above a Buddhist chime amid leafy scrolls, painted in gilt to the rim, raised on four moulded ruyi-form feet, the base and interior in turquoise glaze, iron-red hallmark to base, 17cm high, 32cm diameter (2)
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill House (with paper labels to base Fonthill Heirlooms, no. 603).
Lot Footnotes
Note: The Shendetang ('Hall of Prudent Virtue') was a residence within the Yuanmingyuan commissioned by the Daoguang Emperor, completed in 1831. Daoguang pieces bearing the Shendetang Zhi mark are therefore attributable to the two decades between 1831 and 1850.
The presence of the label ‘Fonthill Heilooms’ is also significant. This refers to a collection assembled by Alfred Morrison MP. He acquired the most extraordinary collection of Chinese ceramics and works of art from Lord Loch of Drylaw in 1861, who had brought them to England from the Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) in 1860. Lord Loch had been Aide de Camp to the leader of the Allied Expeditionary Force, Lord Elgin.
A pair of porcelain bowls bearing the same hallmark to the base were sold here at Roseberys for £67,000 (including buyer’s premium) on 9 November 2021, lot 42. Compare with a pair of famille rose jardinières of a similar size, bearing the same marks, sold at Christie’s New York for $62,500 (including buyer’s premium) on 13 September 2019, lot 1105.
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