A MINTONS DARK-BLUE-GROUND JAPANESQUE JARDINIÈRE AND STAND, the cylindrical body moulded in relief and coloured with two cranes perched on a sinuous gnarled tree-trunk with clouds of foliage on meandering boughs, the reverse with three cranes in flight and the base with scattered white sceletal turtles, the rims with twigs of bamboo and with a pink-glazed interior, on three scroll feet (stand cracked and with slight scratches, some wear to paint on moulded decoration), impressed marks and model number 1685, impressed 16, date code for 18??, pierced for drainage 12¼in. (31cm.) high