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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL 明嘉靖

‘FIGURES’ BOWL 掐絲琺瑯人物圖福壽有餘撇口盌
MING DYNASTY, JIAJING

PERIOD

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
20.5 cm, 8 in.
HK$ 450,000-550,000
US$ 57,500-70,500

178 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比