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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SQUARE
TAPERING VASE
Wanli
Of square slender form with tapering sides
supported on bracket feet, enamelled to each side
with blossoming flowers borne on gnarled branches
on a bright turquoise ground above upright stiff
leaves, all below a navy-blue band containing
reticulated coin flanked by small chrysanthemum
flowers and clusters of grapes to the rim.
25.5cm (10in) high
£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000
明萬曆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花卉紋花插

Compare with a related cloisonné enamel circular
vase, late Ming dynasty, illustrated J.Getz, Catalogue
of the Avery Collection of Ancient Chinese
Cloisonnés, New York, 1912, p.60, no.105.

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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNER, DING
17th century
The globular body supported on three legs and
flanked at the sides by a pair of upright bracket
handles, decorated with large lotus blooms
wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves,
the shoulder with a band of alternating rosettes
against a darker blue ground.
34.5cm (13 5/8in) high.

£30,000 - 40,000
CNY270,000 - 360,000

十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋鼎式爐

The present lot is extremely rare. A late Yuan
example of a globular body tripod incense burner is
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Enamels, Cloisonné in the Yuan
and Ming Dynasties, 1, Beijing, 2011, p.56, no.4.
The decoration and style of the lotus, however,
is typical of late Ming dynasty cloisonné, see for
example a large ceremonial vase but with similar
117 lotus scrolls, 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker
and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry
Collection, London, 1989, p.127.

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