Each silver hexagonal jardiniere carved around the body with bunches of flowers issuing from tree brush in relief above bands of archaistic scrolled flowers and ruyi pattern, one is moulded into a bunch of gilt or gold longevity peach tree form decorated each peach with medallion and the flower bud in rounded gem, the other is moulded into the form of cycas trunks in gilt-bronze decorated with carved bats flying above the long exuberant leaves. Mid-Qing Dynasty periodProvenance: Private collection, Dallas, Texas