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A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED 'PRUNUS TREE' IN A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERE
A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED 'PRUNUS TREE' IN A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED 'PRUNUS TREE' IN A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The bracket lobed jardinière is decorated on each side with an ogival cartouche enclosing a lotus spray surrounded by fretwork, picked out in turquoise and sapphire-blue enamels against a gilt punched ground, 'planted' with a prunus tree growing from a ground laid with coral beads. The gnarled branches bear prunus blossoms and buds with white hardstones forming the petals and pistils of red hardstones.
Approximately 15 in. (38.1 cm.) high

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Nick Wilson
Nick Wilson

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Elaborately embellished hardstone trees in highly ornate jardinières were made to decorate the palace interiors during the Qing dynasty. Three hardstone trees, for example, are placed in situ in the Yanbo Zhishuang Dian at the Chengde Summer Palace, illustrated in The Qing Emperors and the Chengde Mountain Resort, China Tourism Press, 2000. Another similar hardstone prunus tree is illustrated by Michel Beurdeley, The Chinese Collector Through The Centuries. From the Han to the 20th Century, Fribourg, 1966, p. 167.

Compare also to a plum tree with rocks in an enamelled porcelain jardinière, illustrated in Oriental and Islamic Art in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1975, no. 15.