CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE JIAQING (1796-1820)

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JARDINIERE EN BRONZE DORE ET EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE JIAQING (1796-1820)
La jardinière formée d'un tonnelet cylindrique décoré de deux registres de panneaux floraux en émaux cloisonnés sur fond rouge, cerclés de cordages en bronze doré, soutenu par trois jeunes garçons en bronze doré représentés à genoux, vêtus d'une longue robe ; la base postérieure
Hauteur: 17,7 cm. (7 in.)

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Further details

A GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL JARDINIERE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

Lot Essay

Such decorative jardinieres were usually 'planted' with a coral or a hardstone tree and were found in various rooms of the Forbidden City and other Imperial Palaces.
See an example of such jardiniere also supported by three kneeling figures and decorated with identical floral panels on a red ground, sold in our London Rooms, 16 December 1996, lot 132.

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