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TWO CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ VASES The elongated and elegant form of the present lot is very rare and
Early Qing Dynasty relates to that of early Ming dynasty porcelain ‘holy water’ bottle
Each with a baluster body tapering to a spreading base with short vases, see a celadon glazed vase, Yongle period, illustrated in
vertical foot, surmounted by a tall straight neck and a lipped rim, the Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain Excavated at Jingdezhen,
neck and body brightly decorated with registers of meandering lotus Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1996, pp.302-303, no.121. A related
blossoms divided by a band of lotus lappets around the shoulder, the
rim and foot gilt. cloisonné enamel vase of different form but with similarly decorated
37.5cm (14 3/4in) high. (2). lotus flowers and lappets, Kangxi mark and period, is in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the
HKD150,000 - 200,000 Palace Museum: Enamels 2: Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty, Beijing,
US$19,000 - 26,000 2011, no.1. See also a related cloisonné enamel zun vase, early Qing
dynasty, with similar decorations, in the Summer Palace Museum,
清早期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮長頸瓶兩件 Chengde, illustrated in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji: 5: falangqi
vol.1, Hebei, 2001, no.171.
此類長頸瓶器型或受明代陶瓷淨瓶影響,如一件明永樂青釉淨瓶,著
錄於《景德鎮出土明宣德官窯瓷器》,鴻禧美術館,台北,1996年,
頁302-303,編號121。北京故宮博物院藏一件清康熙掐絲琺瑯纏枝花
卉膽式瓶,飾有類似的勾蓮紋飾及仰俯蓮瓣紋,著錄於《故宮博物院
藏品大系:琺瑯器編2 清掐絲琺瑯》,北京,2011年,編號1。另見
承德避暑山莊博物院藏一件清早期銅胎掐絲琺瑯四出脊尊,著錄於《
中國金銀玻璃琺瑯器全集5:琺瑯器(一)河北,2001年,編號171。
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