Chinese 18th Century rectangular, shallow Canton Enamel Planter on 4 small feet with flowers on a brocade ground; together with 2 Handles of molded bronze enameled in clear colors. Width of bowl 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm.). PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York.

Age related wear with typical stress-hairlines and small chips to the planter, with a dent to 1 side with missing enamel inside and out, 2 drainage holes to base with enamel losses inside and out, flakes to mouth edges; the 2 handles with flakes and wear at high points of enamels. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.