Rare porte-coupe en bronze doré et émaux cloisonnés Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIE siècle

décoré de dragons chilong et caractères shou alternés sur fond turquoise, reposant sur une base polylobée ornée de lingzhi, fleurs et chilong, le pied évasé agrémenté de la perle enflammée parmi les nuages stylisés au-dessus des flots tumultueux ; petites restaurations

Collection of F. Gordon Morrill.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 19thDecember 1984.
Collection of Juan Jose Amezaga.
Christie's Paris, 13th June 2007, lot 17.

Some small losses to the enamels with old wax restorations mostly around the rim otherwise good overall condition.
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A similar piece was sold at Christie's, London, 19 June 2001, lot 137. Compare a similar bowl-stand in the Kemp collection, illustrated in Sir Henry Garder, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, pl. 62B and another example illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 68.