A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE First half 18th century Of shallow rectangular section supported on four short bracket feet, rising to an everted flange rim, painted in bright blue tones, the longer sides each with a magpie perching on a prunus branch amidst rock and bamboo, the shorter sides with pine branch and lingzhi fungus issuing from a rock, the rim decorated with a interlocking 'T'-shaped key-fret with a ruyi cloud to each corner, the interior left white and pierced with four holes for drainage, the base with a later stock number, hongmu wood stand, later liner. 47.7cm (18 3/4in) wide. (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀上半葉 青花花鳥紋長方四足花盆 Provenance: a Western private collection Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.38 來源: 西方私人舊藏 出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號38 For a much shorter Qianlong example decorated with scrolling lotus, see J.Addis, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1975, no.112. Note also a deeper example illustrated by Zhou Yuegang, China's Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1998, pp.36-37. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com