A PAIR OF JADE AND HARDSTONE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' FLOWER GROUPS

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A PAIR OF JADE AND HARDSTONE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' FLOWER GROUPS
INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS ON THE BASE, 19TH CENTURY

Each flower formed from silk thread-wrapped wire stems supporting buds and blossoms composed of yellow, orange and blue-gray chalcedony agate petals separately fashioned and joined in clusters by wire thread and surrounded by semi-transparent jade leaves with serrated edges and finely detailed undulations, all rising from a dark green jade octagonal jardiniere carved with flower panels on the sides, some losses--approx. 19½in. (48.8cm.) high overall (2)