GRAND VASE EN EMAUX CLOISONNES, HU
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
The vase is enamelled on the slightly compressed globular body with multi-coloured lotus blooms supported on and pendent from scrolling leafy vines, above overlapping lappets and below ruyi and lingzhi scroll motifs around the flaring mouth rim. The shoulder is surmounted by a pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings.
16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) high
GRAND VASE EN EMAUX CLOISONNES, HU
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
The vase is enamelled on the slightly compressed globular body with multi-coloured lotus blooms supported on and pendent from scrolling leafy vines, above overlapping lappets and below ruyi and lingzhi scroll motifs around the flaring mouth rim. The shoulder is surmounted by a pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings.
16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) high
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