LARGE FLOWER BOUQUET.

Origin: China.
Date: Around 1930.
Technique: Ivory; carved. Partly other materials like bone or plastic.
Description: A cylindrical basket with a pair of rooster heads and a wide overhanging rim on both sides
forms the base for an elaborate bouquet of peonies; roses and chrysanthemums. The basket
is carved in openwork with more branches inside and stands on a vine decorated foot ring.
A triple curved handle surmounts the flowers; a pair of stylized phoenix birds on top; a
hook with a chain in the center. Accompanied by a small separate horned mythical creature
with scales on a chain with a hook.
Measurement: 5.5kg. H.53cm; w.74cm; d.40cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Fitting base from heavy dark wood.
Condition B/C. Branches partly broken off. Many separate parts.


Provenance:
Rhenish private collection; in the family estate since the early 1970s.