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WORKS OF ART FROM THE SCHRODER COLLECTION
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          COUPE EN ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS
          CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE À SIX CARACTÈRES DANS UN
          RECTANGLE EN ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS ET ÉPOQUE WANLI (1573-
 WORKS OF ART FROM THE SCHRODER COLLECTION  1619)
 49       Le centre de la coupe est décoré de tiges de lotus fleuries et feuillagées sur
          un fond rose moucheté contenu dans un médaillon cerné d'or entouré d'une
 RARE COUPE EN ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS ET BRONZE DORÉ  bande à décor de lotus parmi les rinceaux sur fond bleu turquoise sur la chute,
 CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVÈME SIÈCLE  et de frises de grecques sur fond rouge et de tiges fleuries sur fond turquoise
 Reposant  sur  trois  pieds  en  bronze  doré  en  forme  de  masque  d'animal   sur  l'aile.  La  base  porte  au  centre  une  large  marque  à  six  caractères  de   This  dish  belongs  to  a  smalll l  a andd  raree  g groupp  o off  cloisonnéé  p piecess  bearingg
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 fabuleux,  la  coupe  est  ornée  au  centre  d'un  médaillon  formé  de  rangs  de  l'empereur Wanli contenue dans un cartouche rectangulaire à fond noir cerné
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                                                              prominent enamelled Wanli marks, Da ming Wanli nian zao within a rectangle
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 pétales stylisés entouré de tiges de lotus feuillagées et fleuries, et sur l'aile   d'une frise de têtes de ruyis dans un entourage de fleurs de lotus et rinceaux
                                                              and encircled by ruyi heads. Cloisonne enamel works of art with this mark can
 et son revers de larges fleurs de lotus parmi les rinceaux feuillagés ; les pieds   feuillagés.
                                                              be found in museum collections and include a box and cover previously in the
 possiblement rapportés.  Diamètre : 23,2 cm. (9t in.)
                                                              collection of Sir Percival and Lady David, and illustrated by H. Brinker and A.
 Diamètre : 22 cm. (8v in.)
          €20,000-30,000                      US$20,000-30,000  Lutz,  Chinese  Cloisonné:  The  Pierre  Uldry  Collection,  Zurich,  1989,  pl.  112;  a
 €10,000-20,000   US$10,000-20,000              £18,000-26,000  dish from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Masterpieces of
    £8,800-17,000                                             Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, 1971, pl. 9; an incense
 Cloisonné enamel wares from the early to mid-Ming period are very rare as   PROVENANCE:  burner and a round box from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Metal-
 PROVENANCE:  production was strictly regulated by Palace eunuchs who operated under the   Acquired by Baron Sir John Henry Schröder (1825-1910) and by descent to   bodied  Enamel  Ware  -  The  Complete  Collection  of  Treasures  of  the  Palace
 Acquired by Baron Sir John Henry Schröder (1825-1910) and by descent to   auspices of the Yuyongjian, a sub-division of the Neifu (The Inner Treasury),   Baron Bruno Schroder (1933-2019).
 Baron Bruno Schroder (1933-2019).  responsible for supplies to the Imperial Household. The present lot bears close   A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS SCROLLS' DISH  Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, cat. no. 50 and 52, pp. 52 and 54;    and a dish from
                                                              the Clague Collection, included in the Phoenix Art Museum exhibition Chinese
 A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DISH  comparison to the 15th century cloisonne enamel dish with Jingtai mark, of   CHINA, MING DYNASTY, CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WANLI SIX-CHARACTER   Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, 1980, and illustrated in the Catalogue, pl. 16.
 CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY  similar size (21.9 cm. diameter), from the Pierre Uldry Collection illustrated by   MARK WITHIN A RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
 H. Brinker and A. Lutz in Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich,     The decoration of this dish, distinct with its interlocking sprays of camelias
 施羅德家族珍藏  1985, pl. 10; a slightly larger 15th century dish with a related lotus bud and   施羅德家族珍藏  against a pink ground in the well, can be compared to a similar circular dish,
 明十ӄц紀 掐㎢琺琅纏枝蓮㌻盤  lotus scroll design and double vajra mark is illustrated in the same publication,   明萬曆 掐㎢琺琅纏枝花卉㌻盤 掐㎢琺琅六字楷書款  also from the Wanli period but with an incised mark within a large gilt-bronze
 ֶⓀ   pl.14. A closely-related cloisonne enamel lotus dish, Jingtai mark and period   ֶⓀ   rectangle, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in Metal-
 6LU -RKQ +HQU\ 6FKUКGHU男爵            舊藏ˈਾ%UXQR 6FKURGHU   (1450-1456), from the Speelman Collection was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,   6LU -RKQ +HQU\ 6FKUКGHU男爵            舊藏ˈਾ%UXQR 6FKURGHU   bodied  Enamel  Ware  -  The  Complete  Collection  of  Treasures  of  the  Palace
            繼承  3 April 2018, lot 3406.             繼承        Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, cat no. 48, p.50.
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