A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, GUMing/early Qing Dynasty
Of archaistic gu form, rising from a splayed foot the central section enamelled with chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, and pomegranate blossoms in rich tones of red, yellow and green, divided by gilt-bronze vertical flanges in the shape of coiling sinuous chilong, the long neck curving up to a trumpet decorated with various flower heads on leafy tendrils, all reserved on a turquoise ground. 22.5cm (8 3/4in) high.Footnotes明/清早期 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋出戟花觚
Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent
來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
The present lot is notable for its extremely rare coiling sinuous chilong shaped flanges. See a related cloisonné enamel gu vase, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, p.247, no.124. See also a related cloisonné-enamel gu vase with flanges, early Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ibid., vol.2, p.61, no.34.
Compare also with a related cloisonné-enamel and gilt-bronze flaring vase, gu, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, on 17 May 2012, lot 129.
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, GUMing/early Qing Dynasty
Of archaistic gu form, rising from a splayed foot the central section enamelled with chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, and pomegranate blossoms in rich tones of red, yellow and green, divided by gilt-bronze vertical flanges in the shape of coiling sinuous chilong, the long neck curving up to a trumpet decorated with various flower heads on leafy tendrils, all reserved on a turquoise ground. 22.5cm (8 3/4in) high.Footnotes明/清早期 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋出戟花觚
Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent
來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
The present lot is notable for its extremely rare coiling sinuous chilong shaped flanges. See a related cloisonné enamel gu vase, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, p.247, no.124. See also a related cloisonné-enamel gu vase with flanges, early Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ibid., vol.2, p.61, no.34.
Compare also with a related cloisonné-enamel and gilt-bronze flaring vase, gu, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, on 17 May 2012, lot 129.
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