Lot 227
PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL JARDINIÈRES AND STANDS
JU REN TANG ZHI MARK, REPUBLIC PERIOD
Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£2,500
Description
both the jardinières and stands decorated with a wide band of composite floral scrolls on a purple ground, the top painted with further floral scrolls, each with an iron-red Ju Ren Tang Zhi seal mark within double squares to the base (4)
Dimensions
13.5cm high (excluding stand)
Footnote
Note:
Ju Ren Tang, Hall of Dwelling in Benevolence, was a palace in the gardens of the Imperial City in Beijing commissioned by General Yuan Shikai, who briefly reinstated monarchy in China with himself as the Hongxian Emperor. The name probably derives from a passage in Mencius: 'Where benevolence is the dwelling place of the heart and righteousness the path of life, the business of a great man is complete.'