AN EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARROW VASE

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AN EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARROW VASE
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The compressed globular body and cylindrical neck decorated in red, white, green, yellow and blue enamels with full lotus blooms encircled by intertwining leafy stems on a turquoise ground, with a small foliate scroll along the spreading pedestal foot, the top of the neck flanked by narrow tubular handles and decorated on each side with a smaller lotus and scroll on a deep blue ground (minor enamel losses)
4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.) high

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)

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