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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD
CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
the compressed bombé-form body rising from
three short, tapered gilt legs and narrowing
at the neck to the gilt rim set with two upright
loop handles, decorated around the exterior
with fruiting grapevine, the underside with
four further ß orets, all reserved on a turquoise
ground
Diameter 4¾ in., 12.1 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
㖶⋩ℕᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗吉厬䲳
㛅⣑俛ᶱ嵛䆸

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
of yuhuchun form, the pear-shaped body
rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck
ß aring at the rim, brightly decorated against a
turquoise ground with four registers of lotus
blossoms borne on dense meandering foliate
scrolls, below a band of pendent ruyi heads
encircling the rim, the foot similarly decorated
with lotus srolls
Height 13⅜ in., 34 cm
PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, London.
$ 5,000-7,000
㖶⋩ℕᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗丷㝅咖
䲳䌱⢢㗍䒞
Ը๕
RogerġKeverne炻ΐ㔎

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