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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL IMPERIAL ᒞೣ࿎ ⽗ኰ⚙ᾬῚ➂ᗌ⩈ڑ♄֩ᆝഭ
CLOISONNE ENAMEL ZUN-FORM VASE
XUANDE PERIOD (1426-1435) 㙁֎ऒ㠩ཉ卿चऑ卿Ꮣ⭬卿㵶㑷ംᖊ卿ݥ⧡Ӳ
ྉӲ⢑Ɽࢭ⡠߅Ꮉǯ㘻㵲⻤⇈⇶㞏ἃ卿㯝㛑ս㞖ྏ⢵ࡷ⛁
The vase is elegantly cast with a drum-shaped mid-section between
⡠Ӭॶ卿ݤ㱈पᅴⱤࢭ⡠ࡺᑐ⸥ⱤǮ⁍ԕǮྒྷⳍࣿᡥⱤǯ
a trumpet neck and spreading foot, the three sections further
⭬㱈⦞៨⸥⡠Ӭ卿㑷‶㱈⦞៨⁍ԕ⡠Ӭॶǯऑᯒݤ⥾⦞
divided into four facets by gilt vertical flanges. Each facet of the
៨Ɽࢭ⡠卿Ӵᐂ㤒㞖⡠Ӭॶǯᄓ㛑ူᇌ㜩㤒㞖ᄓ័卿᫈
mid-section is decorated with a scrolling lotus bloom, and that
of the foot with a peony blossom. The flared neck is decorated ԋ㩽ߴ㫐ᙹᡨ㫐㠏Ǹᜀ᯿ჺㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ
with upright plantain leaves enclosing scrolling floral motifs. The
ϝᬝ
interior of the mouth is brilliantly enamelled with a broad peony
ᯧஇ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
scroll encircling a band of gilt plantain leaves. The base is fitted
with a later gilt-bronze plaque incised with an apocryphal four- Ⴃ㿰⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
character Jingtai mark within a double square.
7 º in. (18.3 cm.) high
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000
PROVENANCE
A French private collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 14 June 2007, lot 58
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