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A VERY RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE
‘BUDDHIST LION’ VASE, ZUN
16th century
The compressed globular body rising from a spreading foot to a flaring
trumpet mouth, all supported on a gilt-bronze stepped base resting
on three short legs in the form of mythical beasts, the body superbly
enamelled with lotus blooms borne on delicate leafy scrolls between
a band of ruyi petals and a band of chrysanthemum petals, the
shoulder further set with three gilt-bronze mythical beast-head handles
suspending loose rings, the waisted neck enamelled with four lions
chasing brocade balls, the interior of the neck decorated with four sea
horses striding above tempestuous waves, the foot with floral border,
the base incised with a vishvavajra.
14.3cm (5 5/8in) high
HKD1,000,000 - 1,500,000
US$130,000 - 190,000
十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮海馬獅戲紋三環尊

Provenance
Walter Tower Rosen (1876-1951) and Lucie Bigelow Rosen (1890-
1968), US, acquired in the 1920s-1940s
The Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, New York

來源：
Walter Tower Rosen (1876-1951)及Lucie Bigelow Rosen（1890-1968）
伉儷舊藏，購於1920至1940年代
紐約卡洛摩音樂藝術中心舊藏

Walter Rosen and his son Walter Jr.
Walter Rosen先生及兒子

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