MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

細節

AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DOUBLE RAM' CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of crescent form, modelled with a twin-headed ram facing opposite directions with the open neck in between on the back, standing on four feet, decorated with archaistic motifs and geometric designs
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) wide

來源

With Spink & Sons Ltd., London
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th April 2004

出版

The Minor Arts of China IV, Spink & Sons Ltd., London, p. 73, no. 91

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品專文

This rare cloisonné enamel censer is based on a Shang prototype, such as the example in the British Museum, illustrated by William Watson in Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, fig. A. Successive dynasies have made their own versions of this iconic shape. Compare the bronze example sold in these Rooms, 9th June 1997, lot 21, dated Song dynasty or later; the Ming example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Through the Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th to 18th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2003, p. 146, III-10.