A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL EMBELLISHED CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERES
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of lobed form raised on a conforming splayed foot, each lobe decorated with shaped red porcelain panels inscribed with an imperial poem in gilt and surrounded by floral meander, the interior fitted with an insert imitating earth from which grow rose quartz flowers with green jadeite leaves, as well as a small lapis lazuli pierced scholar's rock
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high
A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL EMBELLISHED CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERES
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of lobed form raised on a conforming splayed foot, each lobe decorated with shaped red porcelain panels inscribed with an imperial poem in gilt and surrounded by floral meander, the interior fitted with an insert imitating earth from which grow rose quartz flowers with green jadeite leaves, as well as a small lapis lazuli pierced scholar's rock
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high