A CLOISONNE ENAMEL GU-FORM VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL GU-FORM VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is cast with a trumpet neck, square-form mid-section and spreading foot, each applied with four evenly spaced flanges. Each side of the mid-section is finely enamelled with a taotie mask, the neck and foot decorated with stylised plantain leaves, all against a rich turquoise ground. The base is cast with an apocryphal four-character Jingtai mark.
13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The current vase is nearly identical to, and possibly the pair to a cloisonné vase in the Pierre Uldry collection which is illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl. 211. Not only are the exterior decorations extremely similar, both are also similar in size, with apocryphal four-character Jingtai marks on the bases.

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