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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SQUARE VASE,
FANGHU
Incised Jingtai six-character mark, 16th/17th
century
The vessel of square section rising from a tall
spreading foot to a waisted neck and flaring rim,
the shoulder set with two applied gilt-bronze lion-
mask ring handles, decorated in bright enamels
with flowering branches of peony, prunus, camellia
and grapes issuing from rockwork, all reserved on
a turquoise ground between four galloping horses
at the foot and pendent plantain leaves at the
neck, the base incised with Jingtai apocryphal six-
character mark.
28cm (11in) high.
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十六/十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花卉紋雙耳方壺
「大明景泰年製」楷書刻款

The present vase was inspired by a bronze
prototype for ritual wine vessels employed to
present offerings to the ancestors during the Zhou
and Han dynasties. The decoration depicted on
the vessel is highly auspicious: the peony, symbol
of royalty and virtue, was also referred to as the
236 ‘flower of wealth and honour; blooming in the colder
months, the prunus is symbolic of fortitude, while
camellias underscore wishes for a happy marital
union.

Compare with a related cloisonné fanghu vase, 16th
century, from the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing
Dynasties, 1999, no.22. Another related cloisonné
fanghu vase, 16th century, was sold at Christie’s
London, 7 November 2006, lot 99.

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE, HU
Late Ming Dynasty
Of archaistic pear-shaped form, rising from a
spreading foot to a waisted neck and flared rim,
the shoulder set with a pair of taotie-mask handles
suspending loose rings, decorated on the central
register with two cartouches enclosing respectively
a crane and a peacock in a fenced garden amidst
rockwork, variously enamelled with prunus and
pomegranate, the shoulders and neck with
butterflies amidst scattered flower heads framed
by narrow borders with a composite floral scroll
reserved on a green cracked-ice turquoise ground.
38.1cm (15in) high.
£2,500 - 3,500
CNY23,000 - 32,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光花鳥冰梅紋壺

Provenance: an English private collection
Bonhams London, 11 November 2010, lot 118

來源：英國私人舊藏
倫敦邦瀚斯，2010年11月11日，拍品編號118
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