CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
£7,500
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
明 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雲鶴紋圓蓋盒
of circular section of short straight sides, enamelled in various colours of white, yellow, red, black and green on a turquoise ground, the cover decorated with four cranes in flight amid clouds, the sides with leafy blossoms with tendrils
Dimensions
11.5cm diameter
Footnote
Note: a comparable example decorated with a pair of phoenixes in flight on the cover is illustrated in Brinker, Helmut and Lutz, Albert, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, New York, Asia Society, front cover and cat no. 78.