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AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLARLY WORKS OF ART LOTS 285!343
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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’
DISH
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD
the slightly convex well brightly enamelled and gilded with an
octafoil rosette of eight radiating teardrops within green-edged
red lappets ringed with blue-centred yellow barbed lappets
edged with red, encircled by six scrolling lotus in contrasting
colours, all on a turquoise ground, the reverse similarly
decorated with lotus ß owers surrounding a double vajra, the
rim gilded
13.5 cm, 5¼ in.
£ 15,000-20,000 US$ 21,200-28,200
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285 A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ SCREEN
LATE MING DYNASTY
the rectangular panel vibrantly enamelled with a lively Þ ve-claw
dragon writhing above a phoenix in ß ight, their Þ nely gilded
bodies turned to face the other with their mouths agape,
amongst multi-coloured ruyi shaped clouds against a turquoise
ground, set within a wood frame, with wood stand
(2)
23.6 cm, 9¼ in.
Ⴚ £ 15,000-25,000 US$ 21,200-35,200
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