Page 50 - Bonhams Ming and Qing Cloisonne Hong Kong December 2, 2021
P. 50
The decorative motif of Buddhist lions in cloisonné enamel was popular 喇叭口，圓鼓腹，圈足外撇，口沿包銅鎏金，全身松石綠為地，頸部
in the Imperial court, as can be seen in extant vessels dating from 外壁掐絲填琺瑯飾四獅戲球，內壁飾四海馬騰浪追逐，腹部飾連枝番
the early to the late Ming dynasty; for examples in the Qing Court 蓮紋，足包銅鎏金座，座承三獸，獸獅身雙角，毛髮捲曲，底部鏨刻
Collection, see Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: 羯磨金剛杵。
Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, nos.52, 68, 86, 91, 92 (bowl with lions and
horses), 115, 141, 142, 143, 168, 169, and 176. 海馬紋及獅戲紋在明代內廷掐絲琺瑯器上出現的時間，可基本劃分為
以景泰款琺瑯為上限、嘉靖款琺瑯為下限的明代中期。故宮博物院清
Similar opulent gilt-bronze feet in the form of mythical beasts can be 宮舊藏一系列明代中期飾有海馬紋或者獅戲紋的掐絲琺瑯器，包括碗、
seen on a cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze zun, late Ming dynasty, 尊、爐、盤等，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1》，北京，2011
which is also similarly decorated with lions and a closely related lingzhi 年，編號52,、68、86、91、92、115、141、142、143、168、169及
fungus band, see ibid., no.114. 176。此尊銅鎏金部件為清代宮廷所加嵌，尊本身則為十六世紀作品，
見同著錄中一件明晚期掐絲琺瑯獅戲紋獸耳三環尊，亦有清宮後佩與本
Compare also with a similar vessel in the National Palace Museum, 拍品一樣的銅鎏金獸形三足座，編號114。
Taipei, which is illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing
Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, no.6. And see also a very similar zhadou, 台北故宮藏一件明代掐絲琺瑯夔龍紋尊，著錄於《明清琺瑯器展覽
mid 16th century, in Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, illustrated by 圖錄》，台北，1999年，編號6。另見巴黎裝飾藝術博物館藏有一
B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and 件十六世紀中期之尊（書中稱為渣斗），紋飾形制與本件極似，見
Qing Dynasties, Paris, 2011, p.42, fig.3.19. B.Quette著，《Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and
Qing Dynasties》，巴黎，2011年，頁42，圖3.19。
Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing
北京故宮博物院藏
48 | BONHAMS
