A FINE AND RARE SMALL CLOISONNE WINE CUP

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A FINE AND RARE SMALL CLOISONNE WINE CUP
EARLY 15TH CENTURY

The cup is decorated on the interior with white, red, yellow, green and turquoise enamels arranged into a wavy blade-like pattern radiating around the central medallion formed of a yinyang symbol, the yellow-enamelled exterior decorated with a band of raised circular loops below the bound mouth rim and lotus petals, each enclosing a ruyi-head, around the base, the foot ring and base gilded, minor enamel losses
2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare to an almost identical wine cup dated to the first half of 15th century in the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Catalogue, no. 6.

(US$9,000-11,000)

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