MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DOUBLE FISH' BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The deep bowl is decorated to the centre with a large carp and a smaller carp leaping from waves above rocks. The gently rounded sides are decorated to the interior with stylised chrysanthemums with leafy scrolls below a band of stylised flower heads encircling the rim. The exterior is similarly decorated with six large lotus heads divided by six smaller blossoms interlinked by leafy tendrils, all between a band of chrysanthemum blossoms encircling the mouth rim and a lappet band to the foot.
10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Cloisonné enamel vessels of this period decorated with fish are rare to find. Compare a cloisonné enamel dish decorated with a single fish and dated to the second half 15th century, illustrated by Brinker and Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 33. Another bowl with fish motif was sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2010, lot 234.

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