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GRAND BASSIN EN EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, XVIIME SIECLE
L'intérieur est à décor de grues, canards mandarins et poissons dans un Compare the decoration on the present basin with that on a jar in Beijing,
étang parsemé de fleurs de lotus et d'autres plantes aquatiques. La bordure illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures
intérieure est agrémentée de chevaux mythiques volant au-dessus des flots of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 62. Also compare with the more
tumultueux et la panse extérieure rehaussée de lions bouddhiques jouant au
stylised gamboling lions in pursuit of brocade balls enamelled on the exterior
ballon. La bordure plate et la base sont entièrement ornées de rinceaux de
of a bowl dated to the Ming dynasty Jingtai period, in the Palace Museum,
lotus sur fond turquoise.
Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji: Gongyi meishu bian, vol. 10,
Diamètre: 53,5 cm. (21 in.)
Beijing, 1987, no.301. Compare with two other late 16th century basins: the
€20,000-30,000 US$24,000-36,000 first, with dense lotus scrolls on the everted rim and on the cavetto, and
£19,000-27,000 decorated with a carp on the central medallion, included in the exhibition
Chinese Cloisonne, The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980,
PROVENANCE: illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 52, pl. 18; and the other with similar vines
Property from a French private collection.
encircling large Indian lotuses on the cavetto and decorated with dragon and
A LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BASIN phoenix on the medallion, illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, op. cit., pl. 121. A
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY 16th century basin, also decorated with lions and cubs from the C. Ruxton and
十七世紀 掐絲琺琅荷塘戲水紋折沿大盆 Audrey B. Love Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, The C. Ruxton and
Audrey B. Love Collection: Important European Furniture and Asian Works of
來源: Art, 20 Oct 2004, lot 1459.
法國私人珍藏

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