A PAIR OF TOURQUOISE HARDSTONES AND CLOISONNÉ BONSAI, China, Republic period (1912-1949)

h cm 66 x l cm 46

Flowers and leaves in turquoise and hardstones simulating flowers and foliage; the two cloisonné planters of octagonal section are decorated on the sides with yellow-ground reserves containing antiquities alternating with turquoise-ground panels with lotus scrolls.