近代 景德鎮窯粉彩蟈蟈紋花口瓶一對|Pair of vases with crickets
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Date unknown · Porcelain · Asian Art
Crickets, which have long been kept as pets in China, are symbols of happiness (xi) and auspiciousness (xi) in part because one name for these insects is xishuai and the initial character, xi, serves as a homonym for both words. This pair has both a Hongxian mark and a second mark reading jurentang, or the Hall where Benevolence Resides. Jurentang is the name of a house where Yuan Shikai (1859–1916), the autocratic first president of the Republic of China, lived and had his office.
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- Gift of Mrs. J. Spier, 1925
