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Cloisonné-enamel plaques rendered in ruyi-form are very rare. The ᫉ཌེᦔஎ⋓កᝳᄑ卿㙁႙⠢ᴗӳԧ卿ⰰᆭቼ⏖᳖㿃ǯൈዪᆨ⎏ᓌ⢵⇈
quality of the present pair is remarkable for their skilful execution ⇶ഌ௛ᓔེ༯༯Ὅᄃ卿ᘢទེ༰ྏ㫙⬒ज㏟⎏⻱ワⅧ৅ǯ⏟ַ⎏ᓌ⢵
of the details, and the successful use of the varying colour tones of ⇈⇶䂆⯰எൈዪᆨַེۣᝳӬ׾⣌߅‸卿ἃ⧻இӲ⻼ႪՌᰲ⻱ワࢷ⁒
the enamels. The scene with figures paddling on colourful boats
with dragon heads was inspired by the jovial dragon boat festival 㱦⻦৅卿ᴹ⯇ Avery Brundage Ⅷ⻦卿எ㇦ Claudia Brown ⶬǶCloisonne:
which falls annually on the 5th day of the lunar 5th month. The only Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing DynastiesǷ卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ卿
other published pair of the same dragon boat scene, from the Avery 㮰 卿எ 厎ݯԋӬེऔߒ⎈Ղ QuetteǶCloisonné: Chinese Enamels
Brundage Collection (B62M63b), is in the Asian Art Museum, San from the Yuan, Ming and Qing DynastiesǷ卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸
Francisco, and one of which is illustrated by B. Quette (ed.), Cloisonné:
Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, ǯऔࣻ⩠Ӭ։ൈዪᓔེ卿ἃ⊳ᝆ᛿ݎ⊂কᆌ໵፩ݎ⊂⯠⻦卿 ჺ
2011, p. 54, fig. 3.41. Compare a related ruyi-form panel of a larger size ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑǶӲࢦ㙉ჺ㊗ጻᐽ㐈厍ӽ⡕Ⅷ⻦Ƿᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
(106 cm. wide) decorated with flowers and an imperial inscription, from ⽚ǯ
the collections of Heber R. Bishop and Robert Chang, sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 Years: The Sale, 30 May 2016, lot 3028.

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