A massive blue and white jardiniere, Qing dynasty with Daouguang seal mark.
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The well-potted body with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed base, the exterior painted in vibrant and rich cobalt-blue tone. Decorated around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons reaching for 'flaming pearls' amidst cloud formations, all above tempestuous intricately decorated foaming waves. By the rim a band of ruyi-heads. The base inscribed with sealmark that reads 'Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi (‘Made in the reign of the Daoguang emperor of the Great Qing’). Diameter by inner rim 28.5 cm. Diameter widest part 50 cm. Height 34 cm.
Crazing to the glaze.
Provenance
From the Collection of Gun Kessle and Jan Myrdal, Fagersta.
Exhibitions
Compare also lot 56, Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, 7 November 2013. A jardinere of an earlier period and other shape, but of the same type of painting.
Compare also, Chrisites, lot 3024, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 27 Nov 2019, Hong Kong.
Literature
See examples of larger and earlier vessels with a similar dragon decoration in John Ayers, Chinese an Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, China - Wares of the Qing dynasty ( 1 6 4 4 – 1 9 1 1 ). Page 203. Item no 423. It can also bee seen on the Collection web site. Inventory no RCIN 78436.