拍品专文
(US$7,000-8,000)
细节
A VERY RARE EARLY MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE WATER DROPPER
15TH/16TH CENTURY
Cast as a crouching Buddhistic lion atop a square base decorated to the top with Buddhist Emblems and to the sides with flowers of the four seasons, each face with two flowers encircled by their stems, the receptacle filled through a hole at the base, with water dropplets issued through the corner of the lions mouth sliding down a ribbon he grasps in his teeth, surface wear
1 5/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
15TH/16TH CENTURY
Cast as a crouching Buddhistic lion atop a square base decorated to the top with Buddhist Emblems and to the sides with flowers of the four seasons, each face with two flowers encircled by their stems, the receptacle filled through a hole at the base, with water dropplets issued through the corner of the lions mouth sliding down a ribbon he grasps in his teeth, surface wear
1 5/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high