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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL STEMCUP The extraordinary detailed work in this stem cup, with an evenly-
Jingtai mark, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century spaced depiction of the ‘Three Friends of Winter” is a rarity in Ming
Raised on a high flared foot decorated with bands of fronted floral cloisonné production where the material itself does not usually lend
meanders and stiff lappets under a gilt copper molded lotus petal itself to such ‘fine’ details. For a warming bowl with the same subject,
support, the u-shaped cup with everted rim decorated on the but with a slightly looser treatment of the decoration and dated to the
exterior with the ‘Three Friends of Winter’ pine, prunus, and bamboo sixteenth century, see Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 7 April 2015, lot 3726.
enameled on a turquoise ground, the interior with a fine networks
of ruyi heads radiating from a gilt medallion at the well, the keyfret The design does appear on Imperial Jingdezhen porcelain stem cups
banded and gilt foot with four-character incised Jingtai mark. in the Ming Dynasty. For a Chenghua example (1465-1487), see
4 5/8in (11.7cm) high Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, The Meiyintang Collection, Part IV, 8 October
2012, lot 41.
$12,000 - 18,000
明 十六至十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花卉紋高足杯 《景泰年製》款

Provenance:
Roger Keverne Ltd., November 23, 2001

來源:
Roger Keverne Ltd.，2001年11月23日

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