A cloisonne enamel pilgrim flask ‘baoyueping’ on oval foot-ring (Ming dynasty, first half 17th century)
£ 115,000.00
Period: Ming dynasty, first half 17th century
Dimensions: 25cm high Provenance: Galery Lamy – Oriental Fine Arts (Brussels) A private Belgian collection
Provenance:
– A private Belgian collection
– Galery Lamy – Oriental Fine Arts (Brussels)
The pilgrim flask or moon flask decorated with peaches and pomegranate.The short narrow neck with two looped handles and the body sitting on an oval foot-ring.
This cloisonné example is based on vases of this type in porcelain. Compare an almost identical flask of the same size with an inverted gilt-bronze rim in the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated in ‘Chinese Cloisonné: the Pierre Uldry Collection’, no. 138. And an identical flask of slightly smaller size, also in the Pierre Uldry Collection, no. 136. An almost identical pilgrim flask with a ‘Jingtai’ mark can be found in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, see Getz (1912, pl. 47).
A cloisonne enamel pilgrim flask ‘baoyueping’ on oval foot-ring (Ming dynasty, first half 17th century)
£ 115,000.00
Period: Ming dynasty, first half 17th century
Dimensions: 25cm high
Provenance:
Galery Lamy – Oriental Fine Arts (Brussels)
A private Belgian collection
Description
明 17世纪上半叶 铜胎掐丝珐琅抱月瓶
Dimensions: 25cm high
Provenance:
– A private Belgian collection
– Galery Lamy – Oriental Fine Arts (Brussels)
The pilgrim flask or moon flask decorated with peaches and pomegranate.The short narrow neck with two looped handles and the body sitting on an oval foot-ring.
This cloisonné example is based on vases of this type in porcelain. Compare an almost identical flask of the same size with an inverted gilt-bronze rim in the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated in ‘Chinese Cloisonné: the Pierre Uldry Collection’, no. 138. And an identical flask of slightly smaller size, also in the Pierre Uldry Collection, no. 136. An almost identical pilgrim flask with a ‘Jingtai’ mark can be found in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, see Getz (1912, pl. 47).
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