拍品 187
187
A PAIR OF SMALL IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED EWERS, DUOMUHU
TRANSITIONAL AND QING CERAMICS
A PAIR OF SMALL IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED EWERS, DUOMUHU

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

细节
A PAIR OF SMALL IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED EWERS, DUOMUHU
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Made in imitation of monk's cap ewers, lightly incised with foliate
scroll and painted with bands of chrysanthemum scroll within double bowstring borders, with small clouds on the handles and spout, the covers with a gilded knop finial
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

The 'monk's cap' or duomuhu shape is derived from a Tibetan prototype, bey-lep, used for storing milk tea in Lamist monasteries. Compare a pair of iron-red and gilt examples sold in these rooms, The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part III, 20 January 2004, lot 79.