A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE BASIN-FORM JARDINIÈRE
19TH CENTURY
The sides are decorated as a lotus pond, with birds and dragon flies amidst the lotus plants, and the rim is decorated with bats.
24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Compare with the similarly-sized basin-form jardinière, decorated with a lotus pond with birds, bees, and flowers, but without the bats on the rim, sold at Sotheby's New York, 18 March 2014, lot 493.