Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023) | Kenneth Lawley（1937-2023年）博士收藏
A cloisonné enamel 'dragon' moonflask, Ming dynasty, 16th / 17th century | 明十六 / 十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮團龍紋抱月瓶
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November 1, 04:48 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023)
Kenneth Lawley（1937-2023年）博士收藏
A cloisonné enamel 'dragon' moonflask
Ming dynasty, 16th / 17th century
明十六 / 十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮團龍紋抱月瓶
Height 18.2 cm, 7 1/8 in.
Anthony Carter, London, 27th August 1998.
Anthony Carter，倫敦，1998年8月27日
Compare a closely related example sold in these rooms, 28th October 1988, lot 357; and one decorated with lotus scrolls, illustrated in Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland. Chinesische und japanische Cloisonné- und Champleve- Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900 [Ware of the Devil's Country : Chinese and Japanese cloisonné and champlevé from 1400 - 1900], Hannover, 1981, pl. 37. Compare also two flasks in similar shape, but of a larger size and decorated with peach branches, from the Pierre Uldry Collection, exhibited in Chinesisches Cloisonné Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1985, cat. nos 136 and 138.