The Legacy of Cixi. Late Qing Porcelain from the Barbara Jean Levy Collection
A rare pair of blue-ground grisaille-painted 'Dayazhai' 'plantain lily' rectangular narcissus trays, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, circa 1876 | 清光緒 約1876年 藍地墨彩萱花紋長方水仙花盆一對 《大雅齋》《天地一家春》《永慶長春》款
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September 20, 05:51 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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A rare pair of blue-ground grisaille-painted 'Dayazhai' 'plantain lily' rectangular narcissus trays
Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, circa 1876
清光緒 約1876年 藍地墨彩萱花紋長方水仙花盆一對 《大雅齋》《天地一家春》《永慶長春》款
with a three-character Dayazhai mark, a five-character Tiandi yi jia chun oval seal mark, the base with a four-character Yongqing changchun mark, all in iron red (2)
Length 8½ in., 21.5 cm
Sotheby's New York, 16th September 2009, lot 235.
紐約蘇富比2009年9月16日，編號235
The present pair of narcissus trays is unusual for both the lavender-blue ground and the composition, which appears to be based on a drawing preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see 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, pl. 35, where it describes the composition as consisting of plantain lily, wildflowers and bees. The same design in grisaille enamels on a yellow ground is found on a similar rectangular-form jardinière also in the Levy Collection, offered in this sale (lot 599).
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