A CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'LOTUS AND GRAPES' HU-FORM VASE


17th centuryThe pear shaped body supported on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck with flared rim, the shoulders flanked by opposing taotie-mask handles suspending loose rings, the exterior brightly enameled against a turquoise ground with four bands of grapevines, large and small lotus blossoms borne on scrolling foliage and scattered florets, divided by bands of floral scrolls, the splayed foot decorated with a band of mallow blossoms. 10 3/4in (27.3cm) high
|十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮葡萄紋壺A similar 17th century vase is illustrated in Beatrice Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.258, no.68.