CLOISONNE AND CANTON ENAMEL
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL OCTAGONAL JARDNIERES, each side inset with a gilt-bronze relief panel cast with bats amongst clouds centering a shou character, surrounded by lotus meander in shades of rose, blue, green and yellow on a turquoise ground, the base with florettes, the rim with key-pattern, raised on eight cloud-shaped bracket feet,
Details
A FINE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL OCTAGONAL JARDNIERES, each side inset with a gilt-bronze relief panel cast with bats amongst clouds centering a shou character, surrounded by lotus meander in shades of rose, blue, green and yellow on a turquoise ground, the base with florettes, the rim with key-pattern, raised on eight cloud-shaped bracket feet,
Qianlong
21.5cm. diam. (2)
Qianlong
21.5cm. diam. (2)
Provenance
Acquired by Sir Reginald Tower from the Forbidden City, Peking, during the Boxer Rebellion, and sold by descent