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Lot Essay
There were two Kangxi cloisonné stands in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935 - 6, p. 215, nos. 2504 and 2507, both belonging to R.C. Bruce of London. It seems possible that with the huge task of cataloguing some 3,078 items for that exhibition, the sizes of the two Bruce cloisonné stands became transposed. If that were the case then the size of the exhibited stand and the current lot would be comparable and, it is very likely that the current lot is the Bruce stand exhibited in 1935 - 6 as no. 2507.
The form of this stand is exceedingly rare in cloisonné enamel, but is known in lacquer and wood. An incised and painted lacquer stand with a Kangxi mark is in the Beijing Palace Museum, of the same form as the present stand, with its cinquefoil top, is illustrated by Hu Desheng, Gu gong bo wu yuan cang Ming Qing gong ting jia ju da guan, vol. 2, Beijing, 2006, p. 637, pl. 756 (fig. 2).
Compare to a closely related example that is similar in size and decoration, also formerly in The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 20 October 2004, lot 703 (fig. 3).
The form of this stand is exceedingly rare in cloisonné enamel, but is known in lacquer and wood. An incised and painted lacquer stand with a Kangxi mark is in the Beijing Palace Museum, of the same form as the present stand, with its cinquefoil top, is illustrated by Hu Desheng, Gu gong bo wu yuan cang Ming Qing gong ting jia ju da guan, vol. 2, Beijing, 2006, p. 637, pl. 756 (fig. 2).
Compare to a closely related example that is similar in size and decoration, also formerly in The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 20 October 2004, lot 703 (fig. 3).