PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A LARGE PAIR OF JADE AND HARDSTONE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS' IN PORCELAIN JARDINIERES
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A LARGE PAIR OF JADE AND HARDSTONE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS' IN PORCELAIN JARDINIERES
19TH CENTURY
Each formed from silk thread-wrapped wire stems supporting flowerheads and buds naturalistically carved from white jade, green-splashed jade, chalcedony agate, rose quartz and amethyst centered by colored glass- bead-stamen, surrounded by lightly incised, mostly tripartite, spinach-green jade leaves, all contained within a faceted jardiniere decorated with panels of birds and prunus, cherry-blossom, daffodils, lotus and other flowers with butterflies surrounded by flower sprigs, some losses--approx. 29in. (72cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each formed from silk thread-wrapped wire stems supporting flowerheads and buds naturalistically carved from white jade, green-splashed jade, chalcedony agate, rose quartz and amethyst centered by colored glass- bead-stamen, surrounded by lightly incised, mostly tripartite, spinach-green jade leaves, all contained within a faceted jardiniere decorated with panels of birds and prunus, cherry-blossom, daffodils, lotus and other flowers with butterflies surrounded by flower sprigs, some losses--approx. 29in. (72cm.) high (2)