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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘SCHOLARS AND FISH’ BOWL
16th century
Cast with deep rounded sides rising from a short splayed foot to a
flaring rim, the exterior enamelled against a turquoise ground with
four shaped cartouches, each variously enclosing figurative scenes
amongst garden landscapes, the first with an attendant presenting
a flower to a seated scholar, the second with a scholar looking back
towards a boy carrying a qin, the third with a seated scholar holding
a wine cup with an attendant standing beside supporting an ewer,
the fourth with a boy offering a vessel to a scholar, all interspersed
with the babao on a ground of swirls above lotus lappets, the rim
with a chevron band enclosing demi-florets and the foot with a band
of swirls, similarly decorated to the interior with a central medallion
enclosing a shou-character, encircled by four leaping fish alternating
with stylised lotus sprays, below a floral band encircling the rim, the
turquoise base with a stylised floral medallion.
20.2cm (8in) diam.
HKD200,000 - 300,000
US$26,000 - 38,000
十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯人物祝壽撇口碗
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