17th century The deep rounded sides resting on concave base cast with a circular aperture into the hollow interior, the exterior brightly decorated with a continuous scene depicting the 'Three Friends of Winter' with bamboo shoots and trees bearing pine and prunus blossoms, all on a turquoise ground, the rim encircled by a floral band on a white ground, the well with three Buddhist lions amidst clouds and ribbons, playing around a brocaded ball in the centre, the base similarly decorated with stylised floral blossoms. 14cm (5 1/2in) diam. 注脚 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯歲寒三友圖溫碗 See another rare cloisonné enamel warming bowl of this form, decorated with galloping horses around the exterior, from the collection of Dame Una Pope-Hennessy, London, which was included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts 1935-36, London, 1935, no.2013. See also a related example, second half of the 16th century, by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.107. Compare a cloisonné enamel zun vase, mid Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, with a similar composition of decoration including the treatment of the Buddhist lions, background and borders, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, no.39. 參看倫敦Dame Una Pope-Hennessy收藏一件類似的掐絲琺瑯溫碗，曾在倫敦皇家藝術學院展出，倫敦，1935-1936年，出版與《展覽圖冊》，圖版2013。另見Pierre Uldry收藏一件類似的溫碗，著錄於《Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection》，紐約，1989年，編號107。另見北京故宮清宮舊藏一件明中期掐絲琺瑯八獅紋三環尊，其獅子繡球紋飾處理手法可做比較，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002年，編號39。