Blue and white porcelain planter decorated with flowers, fruit and animals, China, 19th century The outside of the planter is decorated with chrysanthemum blossoms, plum blossoms, lotus, orchids, magnolias, butterflies, melons and four rectangular poly-lobed reserves featuring branching birds and butterflies in flight among flowers, a deer and a crane on a rock. A frieze of ruyi heads decorates the rim of the neck. The background is unglazed. Height: 33 cm; diameter: 35 cm