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1185
TWO BRONZE VESSELS
Yuan/Ming dynasty
A hu form vase raised on a flared foot with anthopomorphic handles
and abstract banded decoration, the second a larger hexagonal form
vase case with single ring animal handles setting off leiwen and kuei-
dragon designs on the foot, body and neck.
9 1/2in (24.2cm) and 11 3/4in (29.8cm) high

$1,000 - 1,500

1185

PROPERTY FROM A SOUTH BAY ESTATE, CALIFORNIA
1186
TWO CLOISONNE ENAMEL BALUSTER VASES
Jingtai marks, possible Late Ming dynasty elements
The exteriors covered in lotus and vines upon a turquoise ground
beneath repeating geometric bands surrounding the mouth and a
band of horses upon waves below stiff leaf patterns encircling the
shoulder, the gilt bases bearing the incised four-character marks.
16in (40.6cm) high (2).
$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance:
Booker’s Shop, Berkeley, California, 1952

In Chinese, cloisonne is commonly referred to as Jingtai lan, referring
to a turbulent and short reign in the 15th century supposedly
renowned for pieces of this type. However, Chen Lihua points out in
Gugong Shoucang: Ni Yinggai Zhidao de 200 Jian, Falang Qi (The
Forbidden City Publishing House, Beijing: 2008), for the vast majority
of cloisonnes in the imperial collection, these marks were both added
to pieces reconstructed from elements of cloisonnes made even earlier
than the Jingtai reign, or added to cloisonnes made after the period.
He notes that even during the Qianlong reign, according to extant
documents, apparently even high quality cloisonnes were marked as
1186 being from the Jingtai period at imperial request (p12).

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
1187
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE RABBITS
The plum recumbent creatures rendered in dark green enamel with
heavy gilt wire details and broad, flat pink ears.
5 3/4in (14.6cm) long

$800 - 1,200

1187

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