• Dimension: Height: 22 1/2 in (57.2 cm)
• Estimate From: $800
• Estimate To: $1600

Each fruiting and flowering tree issuing from a rectangular gilt-metal jardiniere with canted corners, raised on four bracket feet, decorated with scrolling foliage, the front and back set with cloisonne panels featuring three sheep, the narrow sides set with panels depicting flowers, one tree laden with pomegranates, some highlighted with hardstone seeds, the other with peaches, their trunks entwined with a flowering vine and surrounded by flowering plants, and small images of sages and their attendants. Qing Dynasty period.

Provenance: Christie's New York, March 2011, Lot 1628
此景花枝扶疏，亭亭如蓋，細而不弱，柔而蘊剛，色彩明快清麗，雅潔而有風韻。花盆為長方形盆，銅胎，平口，直腹，底承三撇足，中間開光采用畫琺瑯工藝，釉料瑩潤，盆景以青玉為葉，紅藍寶石、碧璽等各色寶石為花，色澤斑闌，富麗堂皇。根據清宮內務府檔案記載，清宮曾製作大量的仿真盆景，作為皇宮、行宮的窗臺，幾案的陳設飾用品。此件作品雕琢栩栩如生，擺放錯落有致，整器小巧玲瓏，當為案頭之物，其取法天然盆景，而又出於其、勝於其。整器選材優質，製作精湛，應為清宮廷養心殿造辦處作，而其精美的做工尤似乾隆時期之風格，當為清宮宮廷禦用陳設品。來源：紐約佳士得春拍 2011年3月 拍品號1628