A pair of grisaille-decorated 'Dayazhai' 'butterfly and flower' jardinières and stands, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period
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September 18, 08:03 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
each with a three-character Dayazhai mark and a five-character Tiandi yi jia chun oval seal mark, all in iron red (4)
Diameter 6¾ in., 17 cm
Collection of John Story Jenks (1839-1923).
Sotheby's✤ New York, 18th-19th March 2014, lot 491.
Compare a jardinière and stand of this design in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Guanyang ciqi: Gugong bowuyuancang Qing dai zhici guanyang yu yuyao ciqi [Official Designs and Imperial Porcelain: Official Porcelain Designs and Imperial Qing Dynasty Porcelains in the Palace Museum], Beijing, 2007, p. 195. Also see a similar jardinière from the Tongzhi period, illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, Qing part II, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 199.
John Story Jenks (1839-1923), an active philanthropist, served for many years on the Board of Trustees of the Philadel𒐪phia Art Museum and donated many Chinese works of art to its permanent collection.