John Scott Bradstreet Planters and Jardinieres

From our recent Japanese acquisitions, a rare find Antique Original Japanese temple "blossoming lotus" flower bud stem including its original red lacquer display base. This finely hand carved wood and lacquered gold flower stem was made for a Buddhist 19th century temple altar. Its flower blossoms and leaves symbolize the stages of the path toward enlightenment. The individual parts of each lotus is carved separately then joined in an arrangement and inserted in altar vessels. Also called "Jyôka" , it is placed on or next to an altar in a Buddhist temple. Made with meticulous techniques. In Buddhism, the lotus is an important symbol of divine enlightenment because it blooms into beautiful flowers while growing in mud. Tsunehana means "a flower that continues to bloom forever" and "a flower that does not wither." For this reason, the flowers represented are in different stages of their life, unfolded lotus leaves, buds and full flowers, thus symbolizing the journey towards Buddhist enlightenment. This lovely Japanese antique gilt Lotus flower is an early survivor, circa 1840, and a hard to find treasure that was originally placed on or around a temple altar. This ensemble consists of a single stem, the top most flower, and the bottom leaf- all mounted in the original square red lacquer display base. A gold gilt 3.5 inch long tortoise "minogame" is affixed to the base as seen in the photo. Its attractive original old patina coupled with much of the original gilding remaining present is just the way we like to find them. Dimensions: With original red lacquer display stand Height, 17 inches height and 9 inches in width. The lotus flower stem alone measures 16 inches in height. Provenance: acquired from a Kyoto Japanse monk and collector History of the Japanese turtle "minogame" One of the most famous is the mythological giant turtle...

Stoneware planter by John Follis for Architectural Pottery. This example has a drum shape with a rounded lip that curves in at the top of the piece. Planter stamped "USA.” Dimension...

From the 1890s until his death in 1914, John Bradstreet, the important American Arts and Crafts furniture and interior designer, worked from The Crafts House, his landscaped orientalist compound in Downtown Minneapolis. There, he also received his clients, and dealt in Asian art acquired on frequent trips to the Far East. He used similar bronze Japanese lotuses...

Fine Bronze from Japan with great weight and strength. Large form for Bonsai presentation. Elegant style and beautiful patina. Incised decoration on the front and bronze elephant hea...

A fine large round Meiji bronze jardiniere with rooster decoration, accented with geometric shapes around the rim and foliate designs around th...

A fine Italian garden stone planter pot or urn on a raised square pedestal platform or plinth, featuring a relief design of a lotus flower. Interi...

A nice pair of decorative bronze handle urns. The urns have cherubs holding a garland of flowers with a couple of small frogs. Both urns are very beautiful and a great size for plant...

1960s Glazed Ceramic Pot Attributed to John Follis for Architectural Pottery. Executed in matte white glazed ceramic. A very clean and increasingly rare example highly reminiscent o...

1960s Large Ceramic Planter Attributed to John Follis for Architectural Pottery. Executed in matte white glazed ceramic. A very clean and increasingly rare example highly reminiscen...

The large and palatial planter is of elongated oval form with a continuous frieze of gilt bronze mounts set against a patinated bronze body. The upper register is decorated with a gi...

The bronze planters are by the artist, IBU (deceased). IBU sand cast bronze planters, custom bronze trays included, signed, numbered Karl Lagerfeld used them in the Chanel apt in Paris, there are photos online often of those shoots. Christian Liaigre, Alex Vervoordt...

Available Sizes:25” x 25” x 16” H Hand carved out of a single block of marble, perfect for outdoors. Customization is our specialty. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with...