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MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A cloisonne enamel vase, Meiping
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Surmounted by a short neck decorated with a band of flowers above a blue-lappet border, the swelling body with a classic lotus flower and scrolling foliage design against a turquoise ground, all above a petal border
31.5 cm. high
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Surmounted by a short neck decorated with a band of flowers above a blue-lappet border, the swelling body with a classic lotus flower and scrolling foliage design against a turquoise ground, all above a petal border
31.5 cm. high
Literature
Several similar cloisonné enamel meiping have been published. See A. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, nos. 122 und 123, both dated to second half of the 16th century; the example from the collection of Mrs. Virginia Dulany Hyman, included in the exhibition, Chinese Art fom Private Collections in Michigan, Meadow Book Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 27 January - 3 March 1985, no. 47, dated c. 1500; and the meiping, also dated c. 1500, included in the exhibition, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 2 April - 28 June 1981, pp. 56-7, no. 14.
Exhibited
Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, cat.no. 14.
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