A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY, JINGTAI SIX-CHARACTER MARK

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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
first half 15th century, jingtai six-character mark
The cover with a central stylised lotus roundel within eight radiating turquoise-ground lappets each enclosing a lotus flower among scrolling leaves, the base with eight similar lappets, minor infills, old clear lacquer coating
4.7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

T.B. Kitson, sold Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 21 February 1961, lot 277

Literature

Sir Harry Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonn Enamel, pl.19b.

Exhibited

London, Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, 1957, cat.no. 316

Lot Essay

See Sir Harry Garner, ibid., p.57 for a discussion of the six-character mark incised on the base which, similar to other 15th century enamel pieces, is written in a calligraphy which suggests to him a later date.

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