A large cloisonné enamel 'lotus' hu-form vase, Late Ming dynasty

Compare a closely related hu-form ‘lotus’ vase of smaller size in the Pierre Uldry Collection, included in the exhibition Chinesisches Cloisonné. Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1985, cat. no. 185. Compare also another example preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Enamels 2: Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pl. 25.