8 septembre 2013
A pair of gilt-bronze and enamel jardinieres with tourmaline and jadeite prunus trees, Qing dynasty, 19th century
A pair of gilt-bronze and enamel jardinières with tourmaline and jadeite prunus trees, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Photo: Sothebys.
each quadrilobed jardinière decorated on each side with an enameled ogival panel enclosing a bat suspending a chime flanked by scrolling lotus, and surrounded by four further enameled bats, all against a ground chased with scrolling foliage, supported on four ruyi-form tab feet, and 'planted' with a gnarled prunus tree bearing pink tourmaline blossoms with jadeite pistils (2). Height 14 3/4 in., 37.5 cm. Estimation 6,000 -- 8,000 USD
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 -http://www.sothebys.com/
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