A good late 19th century French gilt bronze mounted champlevé jardinière


in the Japonisme taste, possibly by Ferdinand Barbedienneof lobed bulbous form with fret pierced scrolling rim and applied scrolling dragon handles, the body decorated with chrysanthemums, peonies and butterflies on a blue ground, the pierced base raised on grotesque mask head scrolling feet, the underside indistinctly marked, 35.5cms high