λ A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL JARDINIERES WITH HARDSTONE PLANTS

λ A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL JARDINIERES WITH HARDSTONE PLANTS
QIANLONG 1736-95

The quatrefoil jardinières painted with a famille rose decoration of scrolling lotus on a pale turquoise ground, the broad rims and flared feet with key fret. The interiors fitted with a plaque imitating puddingstone issuing narcissi, prunus, peony, crocus and miniature rocks, the flowers and leaves worked in ivory, horn, jade, amethyst, agate, coral, lapis lazuli and painted metal, 28cm and 29cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex, previously exhibited with Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition, 4 November 2010, no.73.

Cf. Wan, Wang and Lu, Daily Life in the Forbidden City, p.244, fig.376, for a similar jardinière containing narcissi in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and p.132, fig.183, for an enamel hatstand of the same design. For related painted enamel jardinières with hardstone gardens, see La Cité Interdite: Vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine 1644-1911, p.310, fig.151, and also Yang, Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, p.90, fig.58 and 60. See also, Treasures of the Imperial Court, The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, p.48, pl.41, for similar jade and ivory narcissi in a jade jardinière.

* This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. XCRTRMFZ

清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯嵌百寶盆景一對
來源：英國薩塞克斯郡私人收藏。
展覽：R Keverne, Winter Exhibition 2010年11月4日, 編號73。