Lot Essay
A near identical meiping is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Taiwan, 1999, no. 10.
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A RARE MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL MEIPING
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A RARE MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Of an elegant baluster shape, finely enamelled with a bold design of cranes, butterflies and dragonflies in flight above a naturalistic lotus plant and a cluster of flowering chrysanthemum growing beside rockwork, scattered throughout with colourful clouds and ruyi cloisons on the turquoise ground, the base cast with an apocryphal Jingtai mark
11 in. (28 cm.) high
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Of an elegant baluster shape, finely enamelled with a bold design of cranes, butterflies and dragonflies in flight above a naturalistic lotus plant and a cluster of flowering chrysanthemum growing beside rockwork, scattered throughout with colourful clouds and ruyi cloisons on the turquoise ground, the base cast with an apocryphal Jingtai mark
11 in. (28 cm.) high