Lot 617. A pair of grisaille-decorated yellow-ground rectangular jardinières, Guangxu period (1875-1911); 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 21,250 © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

Each is decorated in grisaille on the long, slightly curved sides with narcissus, nandina and lingzhi growing below the branches of a crabapple tree and an oval, iron-red Dayazhai mark, and the ends are decorated with orchids, all below a band of scroll on the flat rim and reserved on a lemon-yellow ground. A four-character Yong Qing Chang Chun ('Eternal Prosperity and Enduring Spring') mark in iron red is on the white base between two D-shaped drainage holes..

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Christie's. The Studio of the Clear Garden: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 22 March 2018, New York