A Hardstone and Cloisonne Jardiniere Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

the rectagular jardiniere with sloping sides and everted lip with leiwen edging, top of the lip, body and feet decorated with lotus-scroll, each side of the planter centered by a raised panel depicting flowering or fruiting branches and rockwork, all on four scrolled bracket feet, underside with blossoms on 'cracked-ice' ground; the vessel containing several branches with hardstone flowers and mottled green jade leaves, the hardstones including jadeite, amethyst, carnelian, turquoise and coral, the 'ground' with a soapstone lingzhi, a hardstone lion and cub, and kingfisher-feather-mounted crane

surfaces soiled, scattered small losses to buds, petals, and blossoms, a few scattered small chips to edges of carved petals and leaves, some wires bent, some losses of kingfisher feathers, scattered spots of oxidization of metal
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Such models of flowering and fruiting plants set within jardinieres were being produced by the middle of the 18th century, as may be seen from an entry from a tribute list of 1747 to the Qianlong emperor, "Yue Xun, Provincial Governor of Guangdong presented four pairs of ivory potted landscapes" (Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 133). For 18th century examples of hardstone models of fruits and flowers in jardinieres, see ibid, nos. 58-61, pp. 90, 91.