17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A RARE LARGE DEHUA RELIEF-DECORATED JARDINIÈRE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The exterior of the vessel is decorated in relief with birds amidst various blossoming flowers and rock formations, and the base is pierced with a conjoined cash design.
15 1/8 in. (38.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.

Sale room notice

Please note that the description for this lot should read: A RARE LARGE WHITE-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED JARDINIÈRE

Lot Essay

A very similar relief-decorated Dehua jardinière of comparable large size, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is illustrated by P.J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, New York/Washington, 1969, pl. 23c.

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