A famille rose 'Magpie and Magnolia' vase, China, Qing dynasty, Daoguang six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (
Lot 96. Vase en porcelaine de la famille rose, Chine, dynastie Qing, marque à six caractères en cachet en rouge de fer et époque Daoguang (1821-1850). Hauteur: 31 cm. (12 ¼). Estimate EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000. Price realised EUR 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
A famille rose 'Magpie and Magnolia' vase, China, Qing dynasty, Daoguang six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1821-1850)
Reposant sur un petit pied droit, il est délicatement peint d'un couple de pies perchées sur des branchages de magnolia parmi des pivoines et des marguerites ; restauration au col.
Provenance: Previously in an American private collection.
Note: The two magpies, 'shuangxi', symbolize 'double-happiness', as the character of the word for magpie, xi, is the homonym for happiness. See a famille rose jardiniere with very similarly painted magpies bearing a Shendetang zhi mark, Zhao Congyue ed., Porcelains with Inscription of Shendetang Collected by the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2014, pl. 71..
Christie's. Art d'Asie, 13 December 2017, Paris


