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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WHITE-GROUND MOONFLASK, It is very rare to find a cloisonné enamel moonflask of such design on
BIANHU a white ground. Compare a closely related moonflask, second half of
Late Ming Dynasty the 17th century, with very similar decorations but with a turquoise
The flattened globular body rising from a short oval foot, the short
neck flanked by a pair of lobed handles decorated with clouds on ground, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné:
a turquoise ground, the body brightly enamelled with meandering Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984, pl.204. See also a similar
lotus blossoms enclosing a stylised flowerhead and divided by cloisonné enamel moonflask, late 16th to early 17th century, with a
ruyi-head band, all on a white ground, the foot and rim gilt. similar design of the handles and decoration, illustrated by C. Brwon,
20.5cm (8 1/8in) high. Chinese cloisonné: the Clague Collection, Phoenix, 1980, pl.21.

HKD100,000 - 120,000 以白地為飾的掐絲琺瑯纏枝抱月瓶極為少見，參看Pierre Uldry藏一
US$13,000 - 15,000 件十七世紀上半葉掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋抱月瓶，紋飾佈局與本瓶一致
但為綠松地，見H.Brinker及A.Lutz，《Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die
明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯白地纏枝蓮花抱月瓶 Sammlung Pierre Uldry》，蘇黎世，1984年，圖版204。參看美國鳳
凰城博物館Clague藏一件十六世紀晚期至十七世紀早期掐絲琺瑯抱月
瓶，除為綠鬆地外，紋飾及造型均非常相似，見C. Brwon著《Chinese
cloisonné: the Clague Collection》，鳳凰城，1980年，圖版21。

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