A pair of Dayazhai grisaille-decorated yellow-ground faceted  jardinières, Guangxu period (1875-1908). Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Each is decorated en grisaille in mirror image with wisteria vines on all facets, and on two sides and their adjacent corners with the repeated design of a magpie perched in a wisteria vine above flowering roses, as well as with aDayazhai oval cartouche in iron red, all below foliate scrolls and double-lozenges on the flat rim, and all on a lemon-yellow ground. There are two drainage holes in the bottom. 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1987.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERT YOUNG, VIRGINIA

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza