A CLOISONNE AND GILT-BRONZE BIANHU, MING DYNASTY

A MINIATURE CLOISONNE AND GILT-BRONZE PILGRIM FLASK, BIANHU, MING DYNASTY
China, 1368-1644. The flattened globular body with a Manchurian crane on one side and a deer on the other, both surrounded by lingzhi-shaped clouds, surmounted by a straight neck flanked by a pair of s-shaped gilt handles.

Provenance: Old English private collection. By repute acquired from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London.
Condition: Good and fully original condition with extensive wear, manufacturing flaws and pitting as expected in this type of ware, some minor nicks with associated losses.

Weight: 78 g
Dimensions: Height 7.3 cm

Elaborately enameled in white, yellow, red, blue and green on a brilliant turquoise ground, the interior of the base, foot rim, lip and handles gilt.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but larger bianhu sold by Bonham's Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Art on 28 November 2011, lot 389, for HKD $187,500.

微型景泰藍鎏金抱月扁壺，明代
中國，1368-1644。扁壺一面飾有滿州鶴，另一面是鹿，四周如意形雲紋，頸部兩側飄帶形鎏金雙耳。

來源：英國私人老收藏，據説購於倫敦 Sydney L. Moss Ltd.
品相：總體品相良好，磨損嚴重，有製作缺陷，輕微劃痕和相關缺損。

重量：78 克
尺寸：高 7.3 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相似但較大的扁壺于2011年11月28日香港邦翰思《中國藝術》拍號389，成交價HKD $187,500。