Lot 291
291
CLOISONNÉ ENAMELS
AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BRUSHPOT ON STAND

FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BRUSHPOT ON STAND
First Half 17th Century
Of tapering cylindrical form, the sides decorated with a grasshopper, dragonfly and butterflies amidst a garden scene of hydrangea, poppies and chrysanthemums growing around a blue ornamental rock, all reserved on a turquoise ground set between narrow borders of flower scroll, the base decorated with lotus scroll, raised on three shallow feet now attached to a later-added bombé, parcel-gilt bronze stand pierced with foliate scroll panels
8in. (20.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar brushpot also raised on three shallow feet, but without the later-added bombé base, illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 135