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A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel ‘grapevine’ spittoon, zhadou
385 Ming dynasty
A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner With a compressed globular body rising from a conical foot to a flaring
Ming dynasty trumpet mouth, the body decorated with grapevines, leaf lappets,
The cylindrical censer decorated with six stylised lotus blossoms prunus and stylised lotus blossoms amidst leafy scrolls, all enamelled in
interspersed between dense meandering scrolls of curled leaves and rich tones of red, blue, white and green on the turquoise ground.
lotus buds, all enamelled in red, blue, white, yellow and green on a rich 13cm diam.
turquoise ground. HK$250,000 - 350,000
9.5cm high. US$32,000 - 45,000
HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000 明 銅胎掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋渣斗

明 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮花紋三足圓爐 The grapevine motif on gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel vessels first
appeared during the Yuan dynasty and was popular through the Ming
dynasty. See a sixteenth century example of a gilt-bronze and cloisonné
enamel tripod incense burner with very similar grapevine decoration
from the John Levy collection, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese
and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, no.40c. A similar gilt-
bronze and cloisonné enamel zhadou with kui dragon decoration is
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see Enamel Ware in the Ming
and Ching Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pp.72-73, no.6. Another similar
gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel zhadou dated to the Xuande period
is in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, illustrated in
Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Singapore,
2011, p.246, no.43.

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