A VERY LARGE PAIR OF 'MANDARIN PALETTE' JARDINIERES AND STANDS
A VERY LARGE PAIR OF 'MANDARIN PALETTE' JARDINIERES AND STANDS

CIRCA 1785

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A VERY LARGE PAIR OF 'MANDARIN PALETTE' JARDINIERES AND STANDS
Circa 1785
Each of flaring squared form and rising from a blue-glazed base with bracket feet, pairs of unusual moth-form handles, the sides decorated with elaborate lakeside garden scenes showing peacocks and puppies amusing noble Chinese families, all reserved on a turquoise stippled ground strewn with bats, moths and blossoms in low relief, the separate square stands edged in rosevine and glazed blue inside
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high (4)