A RARE MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

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A RARE MING CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
INCISED JINGTAI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE, 15TH CENTURY

The cover with a flat central medallion of an aster with blue petals borne on a leafy meander, encircled by red, white and blue petal lappets on the canted shoulder, the sides encircled by further lappet bands in multi-coloured enamels, the base inlaid with an outer border of finely incised classic scroll encircling the shallow, narrow ring foot, which in turn encircles the mark (enamel losses)
2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) diam.

拍品专文

The shape of this box, with its canted shoulder on the cover, appears to be quite unusual, as opposed to the flat cover usually seen on small circular boxes. Cf. a similar box with a Jingtai mark in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, illustrated in the Inaugural Exhibition Catalogue, vol. II, Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts, 1993, no. 308.

Some of the leaf tips on this box are filled in with green or red, which can also be seen on a dish with Jingtai mark ascribed to the first half of the 15th century, illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne, The Pierre Uldry Collection, 1989, pl. 10 and again on a small box, a flat dish and a covered ding, illustrated ibid., nos. 12, 14 and 15, all dated to the first half of the 15th century.

(US$9,000-12,000)