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A LARGE AND RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL
TRUMPET VASE
MING DYNASTY

the baluster body rising from a high domed spreading foot to
a tall trumpet neck with ß aring rim, brightly decorated around
the exterior with bands of shou characters encircled within
leafy scrolls, divided by four notched vertical ß anges and all
reserved on a turquoise-blue ground
87.5 cm, 34 in.
ಳ £ 12,000-18,000
HK$ 133,000-199,000 US$ 16,900-25,400

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
the steep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a ß aring
rim, the interior central medallion with a carp emerging from
swirling waves beneath a colourful sun, the cavetto with
four horses frolicking above cresting waves between bands
of scrolls, the exterior with the ‘Three Friends of Winter,’ all
against a blue ground, the base with a red lotus surrounded by
scrolled clouds
22.7 cm, 9 in.
A closely related and attributed to the sixteenth century
cloisonné bowl bearing the ‘Three Friends of Winter’ motif in
the collection in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, was
included in the exhibition Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels form the
Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, New
York, 2011, cat. no. 46.
£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 111,000-166,000 US$ 14,100-21,200
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