Lot 915
915
A VERY RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HU-FORM VASES
A VERY RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HU-FORM VASES
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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
A VERY RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HU-FORM VASES

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Details
A VERY RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HU-FORM VASES
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Each pear-shaped vase is decorated with broad bands of lotus scroll separated by narrow bands containing flower heads and clouds. The upper neck of each is applied with gilt-bronze floriform bosses.
27 7/8 in. (70.8 cm.) high
Provenance
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.
Literature
Oskar Münsterberg, Chinesische Kunstgeschichte, vol. 2, 1912, Esslingen a. N., p. 465.

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Lot Essay


This pair of impressively large vases is finely decorated in the Ming style, with the unusual addition of floral bosses below the mouth. Two similar large cloisonné enamel vases, one with bosses from the Baron Kawasaki Collection, were sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1630.

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