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○ 16 A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL 明末 銅胎掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋鋪首
‘TAOTIE’ HU-FORM VASE
耳壺
LATE MING DYNASTY
來源
the voluminous pear-shaped body resting on a tall splayed Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920) 收藏
foot, sweeping to a waisted neck with gently flaring mouth, 1909年贈予布魯克林博物館，布魯克林 (館藏
applied with a pair of enameled mythical beast-mask-handles 編號09.471)
suspending loose rings with scroll cloisons, the vessel with a
wide band of taotie surrounded by registers of precious objects, 展覽
archaistic scroll brackets, meandering lotus scroll, and pendent 《Enamel. A Historic Survey to the Present Day》
lappets, all enameled in vibrant turquoise, cobalt blue, yellow, ，柯柏聯盟學院裝飾藝術博物館，紐約，1954
red, green, and white
年
Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm 出版
John Getz，《Catalogue of the Avery Collection of
PROVENANCE Ancient Chinese Cloisonnés》，紐約，1912年，
Collection of Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920). 圖版48
Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1909 (acc. no.
09.471).

EXHIBITED
Enamel. A Historic Survey to the Present Day, Cooper Union
Museum for the Arts of Decoration, New York, 1954.

LITERATURE
John Getz, Catalogue of the Avery Collection of Ancient Chinese
Cloisonnés, New York, 1912, pl. 48.
The present vessel is rare for its elegant archaistic design, as
seen in the main band of taotie decoration encircling the body.
Such archaism would become highly popular in later 18th
century cloisonné and other works of art.
Few comparable late Ming examples are recorded. For two
fanghu examples with more geometric taotie and stylized
designs, see one sold in our London rooms, 29th October 1982,
lot 32, and another sold at Christie’s London, 11th November
2010, lot 1144. Another fanghu, featuring vertical raised flanges
along its sides, sold in our Paris rooms, 9th June 2010, lot 176.

$ 80,000-120,000

66 PROPERTY FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, SOLD TO SUPPORT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 67