No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more

THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE HAROLD A. HARTOG, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE HAROLD A. AND INGEBORG L. HARTOG FOUNDATION (LOTS 47-57)

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ZHADOU

MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

Details

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ZHADOU
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The well-proportioned body decorated in strong enamels on a bright turquoise ground with evenly-spaced lotus blooms borne on delicate leafy stems, between chrysanthemum scroll on the spreading foot and flaring neck, the interior of the neck decorated with grapevine on a white ground
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Spink & Son Ltd.
Harold A. Hartog Collection

Literature

Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China IV, 1989, no. 84

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Cloisonné enamel zhadou appear to be quite rare. A zhadou dated to the first half of the 16th century decorated on the sides with a makara, in the National Palace Museum, is illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 72, no. 6.
Grapevine decoration is most often seen on 15th and 16th century tripod incense burners. See H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, nos. 35, 42, 43, 57 and 59.

More from Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Export Art

View All