A rare cloisonné enamel 'lotus' ewer and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋執壺連蓋

Compare a closely related example, from the Pierre Uldry Collection, included in the exhibition Chinesisches Cloisonné Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1985, cat. no. 99; and another, sold at Christie's London, 6th November 2013, lot 967. Compare also three related examples in similar form but decorated with Buddhist lions, one illustrated in op. cit., cat. no. 98; the other sold in these rooms, 11th July 1972, lot 27; and the third ewer, sold at Christie's New York, 1st December 1983, lot 772.