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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' LOBED BASIN
17TH CENTURY
Details
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' LOBED BASIN
17TH CENTURY
The deep vessel is brightly enamelled to the interior with a writhing dragon and phoenix in pursuit of the flaming pearl, all amidst coloruful clouds. The wide, lobed cavetto is enamelled with fruiting branches of finger-citron, pomegranate and peach.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
17TH CENTURY
The deep vessel is brightly enamelled to the interior with a writhing dragon and phoenix in pursuit of the flaming pearl, all amidst coloruful clouds. The wide, lobed cavetto is enamelled with fruiting branches of finger-citron, pomegranate and peach.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Germany before 1989.
Literature
Dr. Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Chinesische und japanische Cloisonné – und Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, Germany, 1981, cat. no. 44
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