Lot 3030. A pair of large moulded celadon-glazed underglaze-blue and iron-red decorated jardinières, seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); d. 38.6 cm, 15 1/4  in. Estimate 450,000 — 550,000 HKD (57,299 - 70,032 USD). Lot Sold 2,125,000 HKD (270,576 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

each robustly potted with a deep bell-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a flared rim, finely painted to the exterior with four gilt-bordered quatrelobed cartouches enclosing iron-red lotus blooms borne on an underglaze-blue leafy meander, all above double gilt-painted horizontal fillets encircling the belly, framed above and below with moulded ruyi-shaped lappet bands, the foot similarly decorated with squared scrolls, covered overall save for the painted cartouches with a pale celadon glaze, the brown-dressed rim and foot enhanced with traces of gilding, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. An Important Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2019