Jardinière with Stand

Datecirca 1700

Mediumporcelain jardinière and teakwood stand

DimensionsOverall: 33 1/8 x 21 in. (84.1 x 53.3 cm)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number1922.2.103ab

DescriptionThe deep, bowl-shaped porcelain jardinière is held up by a tall, sturdy teakwood stand having five legs connected by two five-part braces. The dark under-glaze cobalt-blue ground of the jardinière is interrupted by two large reserves (one on each side) alternating with two pairs of smaller fan-shaped reserves. The interiors of the large reserves are decorated in green, iron-red, and puce over-glaze translucent enamels on one side with a natural scene of lotus flower and flying birds and insects; and on the other with two exotic birds sitting on a rock surrounded by branches of flowering quince and chrysanthemums. The smaller reserves are filled with similar subjects, including branches of quince and chrysanthemums.
ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.

Status

On view