A pair of spinach green jade jardiniere with hardstone trees, Qing Dynasty (private English collection)

each spinach green jade jardiniere of quatrefoil form, the deep sides carved with panels, planted with intricately assembled gilt silver leaves issuing spinach green jade flower stems and white jade flowers with ruby cores and turquoise stamens, an agate dragonfly rests on flower leaf above each jardiniere, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, wood stand

Provenance:private English collection

28cm high, 15cm long