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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE VASE, HU Compare with a cloisonné enamel ‘lotus’ vase of similar design and
17th century form, 17th century, but without taotie-mask handles, illustrated by
The elegant pear-shaped body supported on a spreading foot and H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre
rising to a waisted neck with flared rim, set on the shoulders with a
pair of enamelled taotie-mask handles suspending loose gilt-bronze Uldry, Zurich, 1984, pl.183; another related example is illustrated in
rings, the exterior brightly enamelled with sections enclosing a large the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels II,
lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves, the Beijing, 2010, p.52. See also a very similar cloisonné enamel, 17th
top section decorated with grapevines, all on a turquoise ground, the century, illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from
four horizontal sections divided by three bands of floral scrolls on dark the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, London, 2011, no.68
blue ground, the spreading foot similarly decorated with a band of
lotus blooms. A similar cloisonné enamel ‘lotus’ vase, 17th century, was sold at
29cm (11 3/8in) high.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 7 April 2015, lot 3727.
HKD70,000 - 90,000
US$9,000 - 12,000

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