Vase cornet en bronze doré et émaux cloisonnés, gu Dynastie Ming, XVIE et XVIIE siècle

fait de plusieurs parties assemblées, le pied évasé d'époque Ming décoré de deux registres de rinceaux chargés de lotus multicolores sur fond turquoise sous une frise de ruyi, surmonté d'un bourrelet en bronze doré, la partie centrale renflée et le haut col en trompette décorés de motifs stylisés, le tout sur fond turquoise

Wun Don Company, Hong Kong, 3rd March 1958.
Thence in the family by descent.

The lower part of the vase is in overall very good condition. There are some minor losses to the enamels along the rim at the foot and above the gilt-bronze filet in the centre, some of them filled-in. The colours, particularly the cobalt blue, are vibrant, the gilding along the cloisons rich. The upper part of the vase has minor losses, some filled in, in the rounded mid-section and to the enamels of the flared section.
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