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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 645

A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL TIBETAN- STYLE 'DRAGON' EWERS, DUOMUH U, 17TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD

A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL TIBETAN-STYLE 'DRAGON' EWERS, DUOMUHU
17TH CENTURY
十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯海水趕珠龍紋多穆壺一對

each of cylindrical section subdivided into three registers with horizontal gilt-copper bands incised with foliate scroll, below a
lobed crown rim resembling a monk’s cap, an enameled spout issuing from the mouth of a gilded mythical beast with a collar of
curled tufts of fur, set opposite an 'S'-curved dragon-headed handle with a scaly up-turned fishtail body of red cloisonné, each of
the body's registers with a pair of confronting five-clawed dragons enameled in blue, yellow, and aubergine, writhing
among ruyi cloud scrolls and flame wisps in pursuit of 'Flaming Pearls' above tumultuous waves crashing on rocky mountains, all
reserved against a turquoise ground of clouds, the top crown similarly decorated on the front with a frontal red dragon curled
around a 'Flaming Pearls' amidst cloud scrolls and flame wisps, the interior of the crown with a large 'Flaming Pearls', the circular
cover with a front-facing red-enameled dragon coiled around a gilt bud finial (4)

Height 24¼ in., 61.6 cm

Provenance
Jacques Barrère, Paris, 1982.

來源
Jacques Barrère，巴黎，1982年

Catalogue Note

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 216/435