de forme rectangulaire aux angles évidés, le pourtour orné de quatre encadrements polylobés en métal doré autour de fleurs émaillées sur fond de filigrane de métal, le bord serti d'une frise de verre coloré couleur rubis, le tout reposant sur quatre pieds en métal doré, l'intérieur planté d'arbres aux fleurs émaillées et inscrustées de pierres dures, un rocher en stéatite, une dame de cour et un singe tenant un bougeoir (8).
Ancienne collection particulière anglaise.
A rare pair of elaborate gilt-metal, filigree and hardstone-embellished jardinières planted with trees and rocks, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century.
Note: Compare with a very similar jardiniere of chamfered rectangular form also decorated around the side with foliate bordered panels on a filigree ground, the rim similarly bordered by ruby-coloured glass beads, sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th and 27th October 1993, lot 315. Another jardiniere of this type and possibly from the same series, is illustrated in situ in the Changchung Gong (Palace of Eternal Spring), one of six western palaces in the Forbidden City where the emperor's consorts resided, see Classics of the Forbidden City. Imperial Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beiing, 2008, fig. 381.