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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER Compare the very similar cloisonné enamel box and cover dated to the
MING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY Xuande period, but of slightly larger size (13.7 cm. diam.), from the Walter and
Phyllis Shorenstein Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November
The cover is decorated with a large lotus blossom surrounded by scrolling
2012, lot 2130. The Shorenstein box had previously been featured by Spink
leaves. The sides are decorated with continuous lotus scroll, the flowers
& Son in The Minor Arts of China, IV, London, 1989, no. 83. See, also, the
executed in white, red, yellow, and blue, all reserved on a turquoise ground.
cloisonné enamel box of smaller size (8.4 cm. diam.) decorated with a similar
The interior and the base are gilded.
lotus scroll on the sides, but with a different floral scroll pattern surrounding
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) diam.
the lotus blossom in the center of the cover, formerly in the collection of Sir
Harry Garner and now in the Pierre Uldry collection, illustrated by H. Brinker
$50,000-70,000 and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, 1989. pl. 12,
where it is dated first half 15th century.
PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts,
acquired prior to 1910. 斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
LITERATURE: 明十五世紀上半葉 掐絲琺瑯蓮紋圓蓋盒
B. Quette (ed.), Cloisonné Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing 來源:
Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2011, p. 236, no. 25.
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前。
出版:
B. Quette (編)，《Cloisonné Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and
Qing Dynasties》，Bard Graduate Center，紐約，2011年，頁236, 圖版 25。