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A VERY RARE EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL ALMS BOWL
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A VERY RARE EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL ALMS BOWL
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Estimate
(Set Currency)
    HK$3,500,000 - HK$4,500,000
  • ($453,645 - $583,258)

Sale Information

Sale 2711
the imperial saleimportant chinese ceramics and works of art
27 May 2009
Convention Hall Buy Catalog




Lot Description

A VERY RARE EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL ALMS BOWL
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

Of compressed bombé form, the rounded sides decorated in bright enamels against a turquoise-ground with a frieze of lotus blooms borne on a leafy scroll, below a foliate scroll on cobalt-blue ground at the slightly lipped mouth rim and above a lappet band around the base, the interior incised with a single lotus bloom, the flat exterior base gilded and incised with a double-vajra symbol
5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) wide


明十五世紀初 掐絲琺瑯纏蓮紋鉢

此器造型小巧別緻，掐絲精細，填料飽滿，花紋流暢。器內心鏨枝葉卷曲的蓮紋，器底鏨金剛杵紋。此器應為禮佛之器。

傳世品中，同類器皿不為多見，唯一一件藏瑞士The Uldry Collection。

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Provenance

An English private collection

Lot Notes

An identical bowl is illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz,Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1989, pl. 16, where the authors suggested a sacrificial function for the bowl based on the shape of the vessel and the crossed vajra design, op. cit., p. 89. Both the present bowl and the Uldry bowl bear resemblance to a ritual vessel in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by H. Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, Faber & Faber, London, 1962, pl. 17B. Although the ritual vessel has a short beaked spout and ring handle attached to the rim, the lotus decoration, ornamental bands and incised vajra all compare closely to those on the alms bowls.

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