SHENDETANG ZHI MARKS IN IRON-RED, DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND SQUARE JARDINIÈRES
SHENDETANG ZHI MARKS IN IRON-RED, DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850)
Each jardinière is raised on four bracket feet and finely decorated on each side with a panel containing two of the Eight Daoist Immortals in a landscape surrounded by pine trees and rocky outcroppings, all reserved on a turquoise ground colorfully enameled with floral scrolls.
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide

Provenance

Nagatani, Chicago, 2 February 1967.

Exhibited

On loan: Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, March 1984-January 1995.

Lot Essay

The Shendetang hall mark is a dedication to the Hall for the Cultivation of Virtue, a summer residence of the Emperor Daoguang, where a range of dedicated fine porcelains was made to furnish this particular hall. For a Shendetang-marked vase decorated with figures within panels reserved on a turquoise ground, see Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 195.

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