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Lot Essay
It is extremely rare to find a Guangxu-period jar of this design, which is more often associated with quality enamelled wares from the Qianlong period.
The likely prototype of this design is the pair of Qianlong hu-shaped graviata ruby-ground vases in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, nos. 236-237. The composition and positioning of the butterflies, flowerheads and scattered buds on the Baur vase no. 236 is identical to that on the present lot, as is the horizontal band of interlaced work and flowers on the yellow ground around the neck.
Another comparable Qianlong vase with butterflies and scattered floral sprigs on a blue ground is illustrated in Falangcai, Fencai, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 30.
The likely prototype of this design is the pair of Qianlong hu-shaped graviata ruby-ground vases in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, nos. 236-237. The composition and positioning of the butterflies, flowerheads and scattered buds on the Baur vase no. 236 is identical to that on the present lot, as is the horizontal band of interlaced work and flowers on the yellow ground around the neck.
Another comparable Qianlong vase with butterflies and scattered floral sprigs on a blue ground is illustrated in Falangcai, Fencai, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 30.