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LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE GREEN-GROUND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SQUARE-FORM VASE, FANGHU
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Decorated with panels of birds perched upon rocks surrounded by flowering branches, alternating with cranes in a lotus pond, above a flared foot enamelled with heavenly horses, tianma and below bands of scrolling lotus and lappets, all on a green ground, the neck applied with a pair of loose-ring taotie head handles
12 ¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Decorated with panels of birds perched upon rocks surrounded by flowering branches, alternating with cranes in a lotus pond, above a flared foot enamelled with heavenly horses, tianma and below bands of scrolling lotus and lappets, all on a green ground, the neck applied with a pair of loose-ring taotie head handles
12 ¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 10 November 2006, lot 147.
Literature
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 45-6 & 135-6.
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