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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CUP AND Complete sets of cloisonné enamel cups and cup-stands of this
CUP-STAND period such as the present lot are rare. Compare two very similar
16th century cup-stands but missing the cups, first half of the 16th century,
The cup intricately decorated with meandering lotus blossoms
amidst leafy scrolls against on a white ground to the interior and on illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die
a turquoise ground to the exterior, the interior with a central roundel Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984, pls.81 and 82.
enclosing a Sanskrit symbol; the circular dish with a central raised
section encircled with ruyi-head flowers, enamelled with scrolling See also two related cloisonné enamel cup-stands, Xuande mark
lotus surrounded by a band of various flowers on a turquoise and of the period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
ground, the everted rim with further floral on a white ground. Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji: 5: falangqi vol.1, Hebei, 2001,
The cup 4cm (1 1/2in) high; the dish 16.2cm (6 3/8in) diam. (2). nos.47 and 48.
HKD80,000 - 100,000
US$10,000 - 13,000 明代掐絲琺瑯器傳世品中成套的杯與盞托非常稀少，見Pierre Uldry舊
藏兩件十六世紀前半葉的掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋盞托，著錄於H.Brinker
十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋杯連盞托 及A.Lutz，《Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry》
，蘇黎世，1984年，圖版81及82。另見北京故宮博物院藏兩件帶有
宣德款的明宣德掐絲琺瑯纏枝花卉紋盞托，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47及48。
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