A 19th century Chinese brass tripod jardiniere, cast in high relief with two phoenix and a smaller bird in flight above blossoming prunus branches and other engraved foliate designs, all below a band of relief spiral bosses under the everted rim interspersed with six-character 'Da Ming Xuande Nian Zhi' mark repeated three times (made in the Great Ming dynasty, during the reign of the Xuande Emperor) standing on three taotie mask supports, recessed base with seal mark within shaped cartouche, late Qing dynasty, 28 cm diameter x 21.5 cm high