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The present cloisonne table is extremely rare and only one other
published example is known. See an almost identical cloisonne
table in the Uldry collection, dated second half of the 17th century,
illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London,
1989, no. 182 (fg. 1). The similarity between these two tables in their
decoration and their later adapted wood structure strongly suggest
that they were probably made as a pair. The present decoration
combining this type of sophisticated dragons and the diaper ground
is also quite extraordinary, compare with a rare cloisonne enamel
incense stand, also dated second half of the 17th century, illustrated
by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels,
London, 1970, pl. 65.

© Isabelle Wettstein und Brigitte Kauf.

(fig.1 ). Chinesisches Cloisonné Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zürich, 1985, fig. 182.

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