CAST WITH A XUANDE SIX CHARACTER MARK, LATE MING DYNASTY

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A large cloisonne gu vase
Cast with a Xuande six character mark, late Ming dynasty
Of archaistic bronze shape, the large vase formed by three sections and set with gilt-bronze ribbed flanges, the wide trumpet neck, protruding section and flaring base decorated with red, yellow, green, blue and white archaistic phoenix, dragons and taotie masks against a turquoise-ground, the decoration extending to the interior of the mouth with floral scrollwork, minor wear and infills
59 cm. high, wood stand

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Lot Essay

An example close to this one is illustrated in Dr.G.G. Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Chinesische und Japanische Cloisonné- und Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, Hannover, 1981, p. 104-105, nr. 50.

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