A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BASIN
A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BASIN

LATE MING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BASIN
LATE MING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The interior decorated with three buddhistic lions of different colors surrounding a beribboned brocade ball, below lotus scroll in the upright sides of the well and various flowers and blossoming trees and butterflies on the everted rim, the exterior sides decorated with a frieze of horses leaping amidst clouds between mountain peaks rising from a band of waves, below further lotus scroll on the underside of the rim
18 in. (45.7 cm.) diameter