Lot Essay
Previously sold in London, 9 June 1992, lot 28.
For a similar, early Ming-dated cloisonne arrow vase, refer to one illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne, The Pierre Uldry Collection, pl. 17. Inspiration of this shape is from Song ceramics, compare to examples, the first a Guanyao vase from the Ren Renfa family tomb, included in the Shanghai Museum Chinese Ceramics Exhibition, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 16; the second is a Geyao vase from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Baowu Guan Cang Wenwu Zhen Pin Quanji, no. 37.
(US$35,000-45,000)
For a similar, early Ming-dated cloisonne arrow vase, refer to one illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne, The Pierre Uldry Collection, pl. 17. Inspiration of this shape is from Song ceramics, compare to examples, the first a Guanyao vase from the Ren Renfa family tomb, included in the Shanghai Museum Chinese Ceramics Exhibition, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 16; the second is a Geyao vase from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Baowu Guan Cang Wenwu Zhen Pin Quanji, no. 37.
(US$35,000-45,000)