清咸豐 粉彩礬紅金玉滿堂紋缸一對

heavily potted and decorated around the exterior with numerous goldfish captured in various postures, all shaded and outlined in iron red against a ground of white-enameled sgraffito waves, the thick rim painted with a formal floral band in famille-rose enamels against a yellow ground between gilt borders, the interior plain and covered with a pale turquoise glaze (2)

Decor，佛羅里達州邁阿密海灘市，1981年

There are numerous scratches on the enameled surfaces of both jardinieres and light wear to the enamels. Overall the jardinieres appear to be in good condition.
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This humorous design of iron-red goldfish against a white-enameled sgraffito wave ground is found on a number of Xianfeng mark and period rectangular jardinières which also have the famille-rose floral band reserved against a yellow ground decorating the rim. One is illustrated in Studies of the Collections of the National Palace Museum of China, Shanghai, 2006, p. 212, no. 141; and an identical pair sold at Christie's New York, 25th March 2011, lot 1609.  A pair of small wine cups with a similar design, also Xianfeng mark and period, were sold in our London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 129.  Large jardinières would have sat on the ground and been used to hold plants, and as such their bases were often not marked.