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319 The gilt-bronze mount of a chi dragon coiling
A rare cloisonné enamel ewer around the elegant elongated neck is comparable
16th century to that on a garlic-head shaped cloisonné
Enamelled on each side with a crouching qilin enamel vase, mid-Ming Dynasty from the
surrounded by flames with a pointed cartouche, Palace Museum, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao,
the pear-shaped body enamelled with floral and ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace
lotus and a playful chilong elegantly entwined Museum: Enamels 1 - Cloisonné in the Yuan
around the long slender neck, the spout and (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties,
handle also elegantly shaped. Beijing, 2011, pl.63. Compare also a related
31.1cm (12¼in) high cloisonné enamel ewer with a similar leaf-shaped
£8,000 - 12,000 cartouche enclosing a qilin, attributed to the mid
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000 16th century, illustrated by Sir H.Garner, Chinese
十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯花卉螭龍紋執壺 and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1970,
pl.42; and see also from the Rietberg Museum,
Zurich, two related ewers attributed to the 320
second half 16th century, illustrated by H.Brinker
and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry
Collection, New York, 1989, pls.95 and 97.

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