RARE JARDINIÈRE EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE VERTE MARQUE ET ÉPOQUE KANGXI |

de forme octogonale reposant sur huit pieds ruyi, les côtés s'évasant vers un bord aplati, les huit panneaux finement peint d'oiseaux perchés sur des branches et de rameaux fleuris, aux couleurs vives et au rendu naturaliste, les bords décorés de feuillages de bambous et de rochers percés, la base percée d'une ouverture, marque à six caractères en bleu sous couverte sous le bord

There is a ca. 27 cm hairline crack starting at the mouth rim and extending diagonally into the sides almost until the base. There is a ca. 9 cm bodyline under the everted rim. There are some typical firing imperfections, including some fritting, especially to the mouthrim and the edges of the base, some slightly polished. There are typical minor losses to the enamels, and light wear to the surface overall.
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The present piece is striking for its delicately painted motif of birds and flowering trees in the famille verte palette and belongs to a distinct group of sturdily potted Kangxi mark and period jardinières of hexagonal form. Peter Y.K. Lam, in ‘Lang Tingji and the Porcelain of the Late Kangxi Period’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 68, 2003-2004, p. 44, suggests that these jardinières were produced in the latter years of the Kangxi reign, possibly commissioned for the Emperor’s 70th birthday, which would have occurred in 1723. A related design from the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, vol. 38., Hong Kong, 1999, cat. no. 95. For a jardiniere with a similar design, see an example sold in our rooms in Hong Kong, 1st June 2015, lot 683.