A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'BUDDHIST LIONS' BASIN 17th century The well decorated with three playful colourful Buddhist lions amongst flame motifs encircling a central rosette, the cavetto and everted rim each with a meander of lotus blooms borne on undulating foliate stems, the exterior plain. 39.7cm (15 5/8in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯瑞獅戲球紋折沿盆 See closely-related decoration on a cloisonné enamel dish, late Ming dynasty, and a similarly-shaped and decorated cloisonné enamel basin, early Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, Beijing, 2011, vol.1, no.168 and vol.2, no.94; and also a related cloisonné enamel basin decorated with three Buddhist lions, 16th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, no.102. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com