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PROPERTY FROM THE ZHUYUETANG COLLECTION
竹月堂珍藏
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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL 明十五 / 十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯蓮花紋圓盒
CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER 底刻「大明景泰年製」。

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
來源
The cover is decorated with a large predominantly red enamelled 倫敦佳士得，1998 年 11 月 16 日，拍品 4 號
lotus blossom and scrolling foliage on a turquoise ground, the sides
of the cover and base are similarly decorated with a band of florettes 明早中期的掐絲琺瑯製造由宮廷御用監嚴謹控制，存世量極少。英國巴
and leafy scrolls. The base is carved with a six-character Jingtai reign 斯東亞藝術博物館藏一件非常相似的例子，同樣署景泰年款，著錄於
mark 《Museum of East Asian Art Inaugural Exhibition, vol.II, Chinese Metalwares
2 in. (5.1 cm.) diam. and Decorative Arts》，巴斯，1993 年，圖 308 號。另可參考 Harry
Garner 爵士舊藏一件較大例子（8.4 公分），同樣飾蓮紋，定年十五世
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000 紀上半葉，著錄 於 H. Brinker 及 A. Lutz 編，《Chinese Cloisonne: The
Pierre Uldry Collection》，紐約及倫敦，1989 年，圖 12 號。
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s London, 16 November 1998, lot 4
Cloisonné enamel wares from the early to mid-Ming period are very rare
as production was strictly regulated by Palace eunuchs who operated
under the auspices of the Yuyongjian, a sub-division of the Neifu (The
Inner Treasury), responsible for supplies to the Imperial Household.
Very few boxes from this period have survived. An almost identical box
with a Jingtai reign mark is in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath,
and illustrated in Museum of East Asian Art Inaugural Exhibition, vol.II,
Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts, Bath, 1993, no.308, p.115.
Compare also to a box of slightly larger size (8.4 cm. diam.), designed
with a lotus bloom with serrated petals radiating from a ruyi-head at
the centre, dating to the first half of the 15th century, formerly from
the Sir Harry Garner Collection, illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz,
Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York and London,
1989, pl. 12.

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