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A large cloisonné enamel basin A cloisonné enamel bottle vase
17th century 15th century
The circular flat dish with steep sides, the interior enamelled with two The heavily-cast vase raised on a slightly spreading foot and
lotus blossoms on a turquoise ground enclosed by a floral band on enamelled around the compressed bulbous body with five lotus
a a white ground, further enclosed by a continuous lotus meander, blossoms variously white, red and yellow issuing from a foliate scroll,
the sides with floral sprigs beneath a zigzag motif on the lipped rim, the slender neck with three rows of five-petalled flowers amidst leafy
the exterior similarly enamelled with floral sprays on the sides and the scrolls.
underside with a central flower within radiating petals surrounded by 16.8cm (6 5/8in) high
four leaf floral sprays. £8,000 - 12,000
42.5cm (16¾in) diam. HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000
£8,000 - 12,000 十五世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋長頸瓶
HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋大圓盆 The enamel colours and lotus form on the present vase are indicative
Compare two related cloisonné enamel basins, late Ming Dynasty, of a 15th century date. However, there is an ongoing discussion
illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao in Compendium of Collections in the about the dating of certain cloisonné enamel vessels, from the early/
Palace Museum: Enamels 1 Cloisonné in the Yuan (1271-1368) and mid Ming Dynasty to the 14th century.
Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pls.170-171. Compare the lotus blossoms on a cloisonné enamel meiping, early
Ming Dynasty, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed., in Compendium of
86 | Bonhams Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels - Cloisonné in the Yuan
(1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pl.13.
See also a similarly shaped cloisonné enamel vase, Ming Dynasty
and a pair of bottle vases, Yuan Dynasty, illustrated by B.Quette,
ed., in Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing
Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.35, fig.3.8 and p.226, pl.6.