Lot Essay
Previously sold in these rooms, 15th January 1989, lot 760
Similar Qianlong-marked jardinieres are illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan series, vol. 15, pls. 94 and 95; and Ming Shin no Bijutsu, pl. 191; an example in the Osaka Museum, illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art, no.191; and another now in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hu, pl. 68. Other doucai examples were sold in these Rooms, 18 March 1991, lot 597B and 2 May 1994, lot 696.
(US$280,000-360,000)
Similar Qianlong-marked jardinieres are illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan series, vol. 15, pls. 94 and 95; and Ming Shin no Bijutsu, pl. 191; an example in the Osaka Museum, illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art, no.191; and another now in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hu, pl. 68. Other doucai examples were sold in these Rooms, 18 March 1991, lot 597B and 2 May 1994, lot 696.
(US$280,000-360,000)