A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, GU
Ming/early Qing Dynasty

Fine Chinese Art

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, GU

Ming/early Qing Dynasty
Of archaistic gu form, rising from a splayed foot the central section enamelled with chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, and pomegranate blossoms in rich tones of red, yellow and green, divided by gilt-bronze vertical flanges in the shape of coiling sinuous chilong, the long neck curving up to a trumpet decorated with various flower heads on leafy tendrils, all reserved on a turquoise ground. 22.5cm (8 3/4in) high.

Footnotes

明/清早期掐絲琺瑯花卉紋出戟花觚

Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent

來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The present lot is notable for its extremely rare coiling sinuous chilong shaped flanges. See a related cloisonné enamel gu vase, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, p.247, no.124. See also a related cloisonné-enamel gu vase with flanges, early Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ibid., vol.2, p.61, no.34.

Compare also with a related cloisonné-enamel and gilt-bronze flaring vase, gu, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, on 17 May 2012, lot 129.

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