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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CUP STAND 明宣德 掐絲琺瑯蓮紋盞托 「大明宣德年製 」款
XUANDE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1426-1435) 來源:
The fat-bottomed dish is modelled with a slightly raised collar to the centre. Henry 及 Sula Walton 舊藏
It is fnely enamelled to the centre with a lotus spray, enclosed by a petal band,
surrounded by a band of composite foral sprays to the well, below a further 香港佳士得2013年11月27日拍賣, 拍品3263號
band of foral scrolls and cloud scrolls at the rim, all reserved on a turquoise
ground.
7¬ in. (19.3 cm.) diam.
£60,000-80,000 $85,000-110,000
€69,000-92,000

PROVENANCE
The Collection of Henry and Sula Walton.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, Lot 3263.
This belongs to a small group of known cloisonné enamel cup stands
from the early 15th century of a similar size, construction and with related
decoration. Compare this example to the cloisonné enamel cup stand from
the McLaren Collection of a similar size (19 cm.) and illustrated by Helmut
Brinker and Albert Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: Pierre Uldry Collection, London,
1989, fg. 57, p 93; and also the cloisonné enamel cup stand (19.2 cm. diam.)
from the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: Pierre Uldry
Collection, No.23, London, 1989.

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