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MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FOOTED BASIN
MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The shallow, rounded interior decorated in the center with a phoenix standing on a blue rock below a four-clawed dragon emerging from clouds, below a band of lotus scroll in the well and a double dogtooth band on the everted rim, with further lotus scroll on the exterior and foliate scroll on the foot repeated on the base around a yinyang symbol
13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) diameter
MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The shallow, rounded interior decorated in the center with a phoenix standing on a blue rock below a four-clawed dragon emerging from clouds, below a band of lotus scroll in the well and a double dogtooth band on the everted rim, with further lotus scroll on the exterior and foliate scroll on the foot repeated on the base around a yinyang symbol
13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1968, lot 14.