A pair of Chinese imperial cloisonné octagonal jardinières, Qianlong period, the flattened rim decorated with scrolling lotus flowers on a pale blue ground, above a Greek key border, the body decorated with panels depicting a bat suspending a Daoist chime above a flowering lotus, raised on eight gilt archaistic feet, 15.5cm high x 30cm wideCf. For a comparable jardinière see Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels 4, no. 13