Chinese late 18th Century Canton Enamel Quatrefoil Planter with light blue scrolling flowers on a cobalt blue ground and with gilt borders and frames, gilt bronze edges to mouth and base edges; the inside and bottom in white enamel with 2 small holes for drainage. Width 13 1/4 inches (33.5 cm.).

Age related wear to gilding, small stress lines to enamels with a few flakes; small damages to back center-front lobe, base of 2 side fold lines, part of front top edge and foot edge with infill and old over-painting. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.