RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 21 June 2016 at 11:00 BST
£5,000
Description
the well-rounded body rising to a widely flaring neck from a spreading foot with a gilt rim, decorated in various colours on a turquoise ground with scrolling lotus to the body and the interior of the mouth, the neck decorated with three upright leaves and lotus flowers between the tips
Dimensions
16.5cm high
Footnote
Note:
A very similar pair of vases is illustrated in Brinker and Lutz: Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, no. 244.