A RARE LARGE DOUCAI HEXAGONAL JARDINIERE

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE LARGE DOUCAI HEXAGONAL JARDINIERE
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Raised on four ruyi supports, the sides flaring upwards in a gentle curve towards the everted rim and finely painted with various scenes of immortals and attendants, the top of the lobed and barbed rim painted with shou characters reserved on a wan diaper ground within a raised outer edge, with two drainage holes in the base, the reign mark written in a line on the underside of the rim
22 in. (56 cm.) long

Provenance

Hugh Moss Ltd., London, 1972.

Lot Essay

Compare the jardinière of similar shape and size painted in a doucai palette with similar types of scenes of immortals, which also has a Kangxi mark, but a different foot, in the Qing court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 192. As with the present jardinière several scenes incoporate roiling seas.

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