A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE BLACK, AUBERGINE AND GILT-LACQUER JARDINIERES

THE LACQUER MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MODERN

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE BLACK, AUBERGINE AND GILT-LACQUER JARDINIERES
The lacquer Meiji period, late 19th Century, the mounts modern
Each with eared square rim with pierced foliate frieze and four berried finials above panelled sides decorated with emblems of a tortoise, a crane and a bamboo branch, among scattered flowers, flanked by a maiden's-mask within a C-scroll cartouche and above a draped apron, on tassled feet, with tin-liners
16½ in. (42 cm.) square; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) high (2)