Olivia Xu
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Lot 12*
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS SCROLL' BRUSHPOT, BITONG 17th century
3 November 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £21,675 inc. premium
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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS SCROLL' BRUSHPOT, BITONG
17th century
Finely cast of cylindrical form and supported on a flat base, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a broad band of scrolling lotus picked out in blue, green, yellow and white enamels against a turquoise-blue ground, enclosed within chevron and segmented floret borders, the base enamelled with a yin-yang motif to the centre, framed within lingzhi-form petals and encircled by prunus sprays and cloud scrolls, the foot ring and rim gilt. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.
Finely cast of cylindrical form and supported on a flat base, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a broad band of scrolling lotus picked out in blue, green, yellow and white enamels against a turquoise-blue ground, enclosed within chevron and segmented floret borders, the base enamelled with a yin-yang motif to the centre, framed within lingzhi-form petals and encircled by prunus sprays and cloud scrolls, the foot ring and rim gilt. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.
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十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺琅洋蓮紋筆筒
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 732
來源：蘇富比紐約，2017年3月15日，拍品732號
Published and Illustrated: S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, Hong Kong, 2020, pp.152-153.
錄著：S.Marsh, 《Brushpots: A Collector's View》，香港，2020，頁152-153.
Cloisonné brushpots dating to the late Ming or early Qing dynasty period are particularly rare. Compare, however, a related slender cylindrical vase or brushpot, Kangxi, in the Brooklyn Museum (acc.no.09.457). Compare also the decoration of lotus with those on a large hu vessel, first half 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, no.127. A related cloisonné enamel brushpot but with decoration of flowers and insects, 17th century, is illustrated in ibid., no.135.
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