• Dimension: Height: 75 in (190.5 cm) Width: 21 1/4 in (54 cm)
• Estimate From: $5000
• Estimate To: $9000

Each modelled with two cranes with tall gilt-bronze legs and claws standing on simulated rockwork atop a hardwood pedestal base,one holding a large peach sprig in their beaks,the plumage brightly enamelled with feathery scrolls,the detachable wings and tail feathers similarly enamelled and naturalistically detailed with finely worked cloisons,the blue enamelled rockwork impressed with a six character Guangxu mark. Qing Dynasty Guangxu period.

盆景是自然景致的縮影，素有 “無聲的詩，立體的畫” 之譽。此拍品的花盆以貼黃工藝制成，盆上闊下小，略近長方，四矮足。通體包鑲文竹，巧妙利用了材質的肌理，制造出自然而又獨特的裝飾效果。盆壁四面陰刻幾何形夔龍紋飾，剛柔相濟，極為精美。盆內為和田玉水仙小景，以青玉為根，白玉為花瓣，碧玉為花葉。盆內掩蓋的沙土則為天然寶石細砂粒。整器制作精致，富貴典雅，為文房擺設之精品。水仙主題的盆景取 “芝仙祝壽” 之意，宮廷慶帝後壽誕之時，地方官多有呈進。此景工藝精湛，物象寫實而清新簡潔，風格高雅，在以華麗繁縟為能事的宮廷盆景工藝中可謂別樹一幟。來源：達拉斯資深行家提供
Provenance: Property from the collection of a prestigious dealer, Dallas