Lot Essay
Related cloisonne enamel beast-form vessels are published, such as the censer in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by H. Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1970, pl. 688.
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Details
AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BUFFALO-FORM BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cover is cast as the upper portion of a recumbent buffalo, with its head held up, well rendered with spiral horns, pricked-back ears and eyes alert, the spine demarcated with flanges, the box formed as the main body of the beast with legs tucked under, enamelled overall with colourful taotie masks and zoomorphic motifs amidst archaistic scrollwork
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cover is cast as the upper portion of a recumbent buffalo, with its head held up, well rendered with spiral horns, pricked-back ears and eyes alert, the spine demarcated with flanges, the box formed as the main body of the beast with legs tucked under, enamelled overall with colourful taotie masks and zoomorphic motifs amidst archaistic scrollwork
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection