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○ 9 A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ 明末 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鋪 ○ 10 A VERY LARGE CLOISONNE
ENAMEL GU-FORM VASE
HU-FORM VASE
首耳壺
LATE MING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
來源
the pear-shaped body resting on a tall spreading pedestal foot Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920) 收藏 of square section, the stepped central bulb supported by a
and tapering to a waisted neck and flared mouth, the shoulders 1909年贈予布魯克林博物館，布魯克林 (館藏 spreading foot and rising to a tall trumpet neck and galleried
applied with a pair of bronze mythical beast-mask-form handles 編號09.438) mouth, with thick raised flanges running along the four edges,
suspending loose rings cast with waves, the vessel vibrantly the surface decorated with archaistic designs including stylized
enameled with four bands of meandering lotus scroll divided 出版 phoenixes, taotie, and addorsed and confronting kuilong, all
by narrow registers of leafy stems terminating in blossoms in John Getz，《Catalogue of the Avery Collection of divided by geometric linework in the form of ruyi brackets,
turquoise, blue, green, yellow, red, and white lappets, and floral scrolls, between bands of keyfret at the rim
Ancient Chinese Cloisonnés》，紐約，1912年，
圖版83 and foot, the interior undecorated
Height 13¼ in., 34.3 cm
Height 29⅞ in., 76 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920). PROVENANCE
Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1909 (acc. no. Collection of Robert Hoe III (1839-1909).
09.438). American Art Association, New York, 18th February 1911, lot 887.
Collection of Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920).
LITERATURE Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1911 (acc. no.
John Getz, Catalogue of the Avery Collection of Ancient Chinese 09.580).
Cloisonnés, New York, 1912, pl. 83.
LITERATURE
$ 40,000-60,000 John Getz, Catalogue of the Avery Collection of Ancient Chinese
Cloisonnés, New York, 1912, pl. 41.
The present vase is notable for its impressively large size and
its rare, harmonious design. Even amongst related 17th century
cloisonné gu vessels, this example stands as one of the largest.
Compare a slightly smaller vase with similarly enameled pink
kuilong and archaistic designs, but with eight cloisonné flanges,
illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné:
The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 212, and another,
ibid., pl. 178. A similar matched pair sold in our London rooms,
8th November 2017, lot 39.
$ 50,000-70,000

清十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯獸面
紋出戟大方觚

來源
Robert Hoe III (1839-1909) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1911年2月18日，編號
887
Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920) 收藏
1911年贈予布魯克林博物館，布魯克林 (館藏
編號09.580)
出版
John Getz，《Catalogue of the Avery Collection of
Ancient Chinese Cloisonnés》，紐約，1912年，
圖版41

48 PROPERTY FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, SOLD TO SUPPORT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 49