17TH CENTURY

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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL NECKLACE CASE
17TH CENTURY
Of ring form, the case is decorated similarly on the top and bottom with three shaped cartouches containing a pair of blue dragons confronted on a yellow character medallion, fu, lu, shou, reserved on a diaper ground, and the hinge and lock plates are of cloud form.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Other cloisonné boxes of this date and unusual form have been published including one by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1970, pl. 63B; one by Claudia Brown, Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, pl. 31; and the third by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 166.

Another similar box, but with a lotus scroll ground between the cartouches, was sold at Christie's New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1031.

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