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fig. 1  Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
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               2926 Continued


               Cloisonné enamel vases from the Xuande period are extremely   ᫉଍㙁௛⛘ⴃ卿㞏ⰰ⡩᫈㱇ᶕ卿⎉ⰰ㸓㎔ජ㿃卿ݰ໿ᇪᛞջ⁞
               rare. Only very few related pieces are known to date. The first   ⰰǯ໿ᇪᓌ⢵⇈⇶଍അս⦞៨⸥⡠ἃԖ㵲ㅛ㱈卿᫉ཉங᫉Ԡӳ
               is of almost identical height and design, except the flanges   ݻ࠼ս⁍ԕǮྒྷⳍࣿᡥⱤἃ㿽⣧卿ռᙃ㵲⡠㱈ᝤ㎒༛᰻ᷘ卿
               are decorated in cloisonné enamel, in the Palace Museum
               Collection, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol. 10,   ≾ἃ☮ᝳǯ
               Beijing, 1987, no. 299 (fig. 1). The base of the Palace Museum   ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։⡠㱈Ǯ㙁௛Ǯཨ༿㬳჎⏟ַ⎏׾ຽ卿
               piece, which is dated to the Xuande period, is incised with a
               double vajra and a later-added six-character Jingtai mark. The   ዂ߅Ꮉ㱈սᓌ⢵⇈⇶卿ऱ᧙໸ჺ໿ᇪ卿ᄓ㛑ߴࢦໃ㞖ࠈំԆᇌ
               publication attributes the piece to the Ming imperial workshop   ߴᜀ᯿ڱ᪪卿㇦    ჺ࢈՗߅‸Ƕԋஇ⧻ワݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄  ݺ卿
               yuyongjian.                                       எ‸   ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯӳ㘚߅‸㊘ἃ㊃଍ἃᇙ⊇⏍ㅳ㙁ǯऔᝳ
               Another strongly constructed 15th century beaker vase with   Ӭ։⏟ַ׾卿߅Ꮉἃ⁅ₕ卿㖊ᙻ)  (BSOFSⶬ卿    ჺٳᘹ߅
               serrated flanges and a more stylised lotus design unusually   ‸Ƕ$IJOFTF BOE +BQBOFTF $MPJTPOOé &OBNFMTǷ卿எ‸  ⽚厎औ
               executed with double-line stems, is illustrated by H. Garner,   Ӭ։ἃ1JFSSF 6MESZⅧ⻦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ    ჺ⼖㿰ӽ߅‸Ƕ$IJOFTF
               Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, p. 56,   $MPJTPOOé厍5IF 1JFSSF 6MESZ $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿எ‸  ⽚ǯ
               fig. 18, formerly part of the author’s collection; and another, of
               slender proportions, but in the same decorative style as the   औजᬘ㖅Ӭ։㬳჎⏟ַ׾ຽ卿ᄓ㛑㩽ߴࢦໃ㞖ࠈំ卿    ჺ
               present lot, is illustrated in H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese   ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅  ⽚厎औӬ։    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚᙻ
               Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1989, p. 92, pl. 25.
                                                                 ٳᘹצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅   ⽚ǯ
               Compare also to an example with almost identical design,
               but the base incised with a double vajra, sold at Christie’s
               New York, 2 December 1989, lot 58; and another at Christie’s
               London, 11 May 2010, lot 119.
               The scrolling floral design is a decorative motif often found on
               cloisonné enamel wares of the Ming dynasty. The decorative
               scheme on this present vase is particularly rich with four
               different types of flowers in striking colour combinations. This
               is further echoed by the gilt petal-shaped panels enclosing the
               floral sprigs around the exterior of the trumpet-shaped neck.

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