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PROPERTY FROM CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE                                                          1137
ARTS, KATONAH, NEW YORK
                                                                                                         PROPERTY FROM A NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY COLLECTION
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOWLS
MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY                                                                        A CLOISONNE ENAMEL QUATREFOIL DISH
                                                                                                         AND COVER
each with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to                                              QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
an everted rim, the exterior enameled with a continuous lotus
scroll, the blooms alternately enameled in red, white, blue and                                          the lobed rounded bowl raised on a spreading foot and rising
yellow, all reserved against a turquoise-blue ground, above a                                            to a at, broad rim supporting the domed cover with shou
border of lappets and ruyi-shaped clouds at the foot and below                                           medallions garlanded in lotus meander, the rim and body
a ruyi-head border at the rim (2)                                                                        with stylized lotus blossoms amidst leafy vines and archaistic
Diameter 6½ in., 16.6 cm                                                                                 motifs, all on a bright blue enameled eld, the interior set with
$ 2,000-3,000                                                                                            gilt metal liner (3)
                                                                                                         Width 6 in., 15.2 cm
㖶⋩ℕġİġ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗丷㝅咖䲳䙴ᶨ⮵
                                                                                                         PROVENANCE
                                                                                                   1137
                                                                                                         Collection of Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923), Rhode Island, and
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION                                                                      See catalogue note at  .

A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL MEIPING                                                                         $ 4,000-6,000
LATE MING DYNASTY                                                                                        㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗丷㝅䔒咖⛀⢥䲳㴟㢈⺷ⓦ䙪

the baluster body rising from a tapering cylindrical foot with                                                                     1138
recessed base to high rounded shoulders and a short waisted
neck, with scrolling vines issuing lotuses in colorful enamels
above a band of upright tri-color leaves, all on a bright blue

 eld
Height 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, Ltd., London.
$ 3,000-5,000

㖶㛓ġġġ戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗丷㝅咖䲳⮷㠭䒞

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