Lot 103. A pair of pink-ground famille-rose jardinières, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

each of lobed form raised on four ruyi-form feet, the flaring sides rising to an everted lipped rim, the sides brightly enameled with lotus, lingzhi and shou characters against a puce-pink ground, with floral sprays against a turquoise ground at the rim edged with gilding, the interiors enameled turquoise, wood stands (4). Width 6 3/4  in., 17.1 cm

Notes: The present lot belongs to a group of unmarked famille-rose jardinières attributed to the Qianlong period. Compare a similar foliate-form pink-ground jardinière, together with its original stand, in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 254.

Other jardinières from this group displaying variations in the color ground, lotus design and lobed form also in the Nanjing Museum are illustrated ibid, pls 246-253 and 255-256. A further white-ground example in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 26. 

Sotheby's. Chinese Art from Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, New York, 15 mars 2016, 02:00 PM