Late Ming Dynasty The flattened globular body rising from a short oval foot, the short neck flanked by a pair of lobed handles decorated with clouds on a turquoise ground, the body brightly enamelled with meandering lotus blossoms enclosing a stylised flowerhead and divided by ruyi-head band, all on a white ground, the foot and rim gilt. 20.5cm (8 1/8in) high. 注脚 明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯白地纏枝蓮花抱月瓶 It is very rare to find a cloisonné enamel moonflask of such design on a white ground. Compare a closely related moonflask, second half of the 17th century, with very similar decorations but with a turquoise ground, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984, pl.204. See also a similar cloisonné enamel moonflask, late 16th to early 17th century, with a similar design of the handles and decoration, illustrated by C. Brwon, Chinese cloisonné: the Clague Collection, Phoenix, 1980, pl.21. 以白地為飾的掐絲琺瑯纏枝抱月瓶極為少見，參看Pierre Uldry藏一件十七世紀上半葉掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋抱月瓶，紋飾佈局與本瓶一致但為綠松地，見H.Brinker及A.Lutz，《Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry》，蘇黎世，1984年，圖版204。參看美國鳳凰城博物館Clague藏一件十六世紀晚期至十七世紀早期掐絲琺瑯抱月瓶，除為綠鬆地外，紋飾及造型均非常相似，見C. Brwon著《Chinese cloisonné: the Clague Collection》，鳳凰城，1980年，圖版21。