A BLUE AND WHITE ‘AUSPICIOUS FRUITS’ JARDINIÈRE, CHINA, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
Heavily potted, the steeply rounded sides rising to an everted lipped rim above a single bowstring, the exterior finely painted in neatly graduated shades of cobalt blue with pomegranate and peach borne on leafy branches, below bands of pendent ruyi heads and key-fret, above a band of stylized lotus petals.


Provenance
: London trade.

Condition
: Very good condition with expected old wear and minor manufacturing irregularities, shallow surface scratches and abrasions mostly to the edges, few scattered glaze recesses, traces of use, the unglazed base covered with old newspaper.

Weight: 2,371 g
Dimensions: Diameter 23 cm, Height 18.5 cm


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 16 March 2015, lot 3594
Price: USD 10,000 or approx.
EUR 11,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white jardinière, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration, albeit with a different motif, and the similar size (24.1 cm).




十八至十九世紀青花石榴桃子紋花缸

唇口，口部下沿微凸起弦紋，弧腹下斂，圈足。胎體厚重堅致。通體內外施白釉，器底無釉。外壁口沿繪雷紋一周，弦紋下一周如意紋理。腹部通景以青花繪製石榴桃子紋。整器色澤濃淡相宜，繪工精道，頗具水墨韻味。


來源：
倫敦古玩交易。

品相：
狀況極好，有磨損，表面淺劃痕，邊緣有磨損，分散的釉面凹陷，使用痕跡，未上釉的底座覆蓋著舊報紙。

重量：2,371 克
尺寸：直徑 23 厘米，高 18.5 厘米


拍賣比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2015年3月16日，lot 3594
價格：USD 10,000（相當今日
EUR 11,500
）
描述：清十八/十九世紀青花五駿圖花盆
專家註釋：比較非常相近的外形和裝飾，但不同的主題，以及相似的尺寸 (24.1 厘米)。