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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ VASES, YUHUCHUNPING A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE, HU
Circa 1800 17th century
Brightly enameled in mirror image, with a continuous scene of The bulbous body enamelled on each side with two confronted four-
exotically plumed birds, peony flowers and pomegranates, all set on clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of a flaming pearl above waves
a vivid blue ground, beneath decorative bands and lappets pointing breaking over a mountain peak, all between registers of lotus meander
towards scrolling lotus flowers around a waisted neck. on the splayed foot and narrowing neck, the topmost register with
12in (30.5cm) height of each clusters of grapes on scrolling vines beneath a zigzag band at the
$10,000 - 15,000 mouth, the two handles shaped as lion heads.
26in (66cm) high
約1800年 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花鳥紋玉壺春瓶一對 $10,000 - 15,000
The present vases are very unusual for their yuhuchunping form, which 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯祥龍戲珠雙耳壺
is rare in cloisonné enamel. Whilst the finely balanced proportions are
well-known in porcelain, reproducing the wide body and narrow neck The present vase is particularly unusual for its large size: at 66cm high
in bronze and cloisonné would have posed a particular challenge. it is taller than most published examples. For two related hu vases
but of more squat dimensions and a shorter neck, see H. Brinker and
The bird motifs and large, turquoise-tinted leaved and heavy blossoms A. Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zürich,
are also rare; the bright blue ground, and predominant green and 1985, no. 118, and B. Quette, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the
turquoise appear to be Persian or Ottoman in inspiration, and this Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, cat. no. 69.
pleasing exoticism suits complements the unusual cloisonné form. For a
related cloisonné yuhuchunping with birds and flowers but dated to the
first half of the 17th century, see H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinesisches
Cloisonné Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zürich, 1985, no. 139.
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