A famille-rose 'Zhong Kui' jardinièreQing dynasty, Yongzheng periodDiameter 23.5 cm, 9¼ in. ; Height 17.2 cm, 6¾ in.__________________________________________________________________________Jardinière finement peinte en porcelaine de la famille rose à décor de 'figures historiques', dynastie Qing, époque Yongzheng__________________________________________________________________________清雍正 粉彩鍾馗嫁妹圖花盆来源: Collection of Tang Shaoyi (1862-1938), the first prime minister of the Republic of China, and thence by descent.__________________________________________________________________________唐紹儀(1862-1938)舊藏，中華民國首任國務總理，此後家族傳承专文: This jardiniere depicts Zhong Kui, the demon Queller, here accompanying his sister, Mei’er, to her wedding. She is represented seated and being pushed in a wheeled sedan chair.Compare another larger Yongzheng period jardinière, sold at Christie’s London, 14th June 1982, lot 58, p. 35, illustrated by Anthony du Boulay in Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 226, no. 2.