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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘CRANES’ BASIN A closely related cloisonné enamel ‘phoenix’ basin, late Ming dynasty,
Late Ming Dynasty also with a similarly decorated with a lozenge-filled band at the rim, is
The interior of the basin vividly enamelled depicting four cranes illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
standing in a lotus pond reserved on a dark blue ground, encircled Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, no.170.
by various floral bands and decorated to the white-ground cavetto
with sprigs of prunus flowers and birds, the everted rim decorated
with a lozenge-filled decorative band, the exterior decorated with 參看北京故宮博物院藏一件明晚期掐絲琺瑯鳳紋盆，折沿上亦飾有類似
flowers on a dark blue ground. 的菱形幾何紋，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1》，北京，2011
33cm (13in) diam. 年，編號170。
HKD80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000
明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雲鶴紋折沿盤
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