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PROPERTY FROM THE ASBJORN LUNDE FOUNDATION
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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL DOUBLE-GOURD VASE The design of grapes seems to have been a popular one during
16th century the late Ming and early Qing periods. The use of a white ground
The waisted double gourd body formed with the lower section rising to silhouette the grapes appears to be the standard for this group,
to a canted neck with a narrow mouth and a gilt metal lip, decorated though other grounds are known as noted by Sir Harry Garner,
overall in vibrant tones of purple and green with with leafy black Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, p. 72. For
clusters of grapes on a white enamel ground, supported by a gilt a number of examples bearing this design, see ibid., no. 34 for a dish
metal flaring foot. from the Gemeente Museum, The Hague assigned to the first half of
7 1/2in (19.1cm) high the sixteenth century, and 40A, for a box and cover from the Victoria
and Albert Museum.
$10,000 - 15,000
See also a vase, zun, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and
十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋葫蘆瓶 Ch’ing Dynasties, National Palace Museum, 1999, p. 70, no. 4.

Provenance: See also the footnote to the following lot 175.
Roger Keverne Ltd, 27 September 2000

來源:
Roger Keverne Ltd，2000年9月27日

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