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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARROW VASE, TOUHU It is rare to fnd vases of this type particularly dating to the periods of Xuande
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY and Jingtai. Compare the examples published in the Chinese Cloisonné. The
The vase is decorated to the rim with a pair of tubular handles, decorated with Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, cat. no. 17
a lotus scroll fanked by two foliate scrolls on a dark blue ground. The body is and in Lihua Chen, Classics of the Forbidden City: Enamels in the Collection of
fnely worked with wire cloisons depicting large scrolling lotus blossoms on a the Palace Museum, Beijing: 2011, p. 42.
turquoise ground, all above a classic scroll at the foot. The gilt bronze base is
inscribed with a four-character Jingtai mark. Compare a slightly larger arrow vase of the same design dated to the Xuande
4æ in. (12 cm.) high period sold at Sotheby’s New York, 15-16 September 2015, lot 165.
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000 明十五世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋投壺

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